Southern Health-Santé Sud (SH-SS) clinicians are requested to review this latest communication and follow the clinical care directions in this URGENT: Expanded Medical Device Recall – Bard BD 4 FR PowerPICC Catheters, English and French. In addition to the usual regional safety event and product complaint reporting, there is also specific direction for reporting complaints experienced with the use of this product to BD.

SH-SS Logistics & Supply Chain Management are actively reviewing inventory, removing/destroying affected product and sending customer responses.

Submitted by Tamara Burnham, Collaborative Practice Lead, and Tim Siran, Regional Manager-Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
For more information contact Tamara at 204-371-1008 or OR Tim at 431 356 0217 or