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• FDA Recalls Feeding Tube Placement Devices After Serious Injuries and Deaths

  May 18, 2022

  Russell Maas

  A system used to help place feeding tubes in patients is being recalled after misplacement incidents led to nearly two dozen patient deaths.

• Deadly Lung Collapses Linked To Feeding Tube Guidance Systems, FDA Warns

  January 12, 2018

  Irvin Jackson

  Some feeding tube guidance systems have been linked to lung collapses and patient deaths, resulting in a new warning to health care providers from the FDA.