Health Care

Medical Device Recalls

Removal of a MEDICAL DEVICE from the market due to a problem occurring in the manufacture or distribution of the product.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Removal of a MEDICAL DEVICE from the market due to a problem occurring in the manufacture or distribution of the product.

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Synonyms

11 entry terms
  • Device Recall, Medical
  • Device Recalls, Medical
  • Medical Device Recall
  • Recall, Medical Device
  • Recalls, Medical Device
  • Biomedical Device Recalls
  • Biomedical Device Recall
  • Device Recall, Biomedical
  • Device Recalls, Biomedical
  • Recall, Biomedical Device
  • Recalls, Biomedical Device

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Aspects Covered

3 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings ethics, legislation & jurisprudence, standards.

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Indexing Annotation

SAFETY-BASED MEDICAL DEVICE WITHDRAWALS is also available

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History Note

2010

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Previous Indexing

  • Specific Device /adverse effects (1978-2009)

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Tree Number

  1. N06.850w.210.637w.500

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Medical Device Recalls. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D057052. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D057052
  2. Medical Device Recalls. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q70439969