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3M™ Heavy Duty Breathing Tubes — health risk

UK OPSSLow riskOther health riskJan 31, 2024
Photo from the official notice: 3M™ Heavy Duty Breathing Tubes — health risk
Photo from the official notice: 3M™ Heavy Duty Breathing Tubes — health risk
Photo from the official notice: 3M™ Heavy Duty Breathing Tubes — health risk
Photo from the official notice: 3M™ Heavy Duty Breathing Tubes — health risk

Photos from the official notice: UK Office for Product Safety and Standards (GOV.UK) · image rights

Hazard

A limited number of breathing tubes, sold in certain Powered Air Respirator kits or separately as replacement parts, may have been shipped from 3M in a damaged condition.

Remedy

The manufacturer issued end user and distributor notifications to request all breathing tubes to be checked for signs of damage. The breathing tube should be bent to ensure it is flexible, and inspected for damage including tears, holes, or cracks. Damaged tubes should be removed from use and replacement requested from authorised distributors. The Manufacturer has introduced additional inspections before releasing further breathing tubes and kits to the market. The outer shipper case label of the products that have been subject to these additional inspections will be marked with a green sticker. For more information, please see the user advisory notice link: https://www.3m.co.uk/3M/en_GB/worker-health-safety-uk/news-events/full-story/?storyid=6925881e-0c1d-4f27-bcdd-cff1563ce69f

Product recall

Measures taken

  • Recall of product from end users

Product description

Powered air respiratory breathing tubes

What should I do?

If you own this product, stop using it and follow the corrective action above: contact the retailer or supplier for a repair, replacement or refund. This notice was published by the UK Office for Product Safety and Standards.

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