Stabilet Infant Warmers Recalled Due to Burn Risks

Hospitals and other healthcare facilities are being advised to stop using certain models of Stabilet Infant Warmers due to the risk of burns and other injuries to infants.

The warmers, made by Draeger Medical Inc., are machines used by delivery-room nurses to keep newborns toasty just after birth. Draeger is notifying healthcare professionals about the need to stop using the units and replace them as soon as possible if they are Stabliet Infant Warmers with the following model numbers: 200; 300; 1250; 1500; 200/3000; 2000; 2200/3200; 3000; and 3200.

The recall was prompted by an incident involving a Stabilet warmer that occurred in 2008 at a neonatal unit of a Minnesota hospital, officials said. A defective Stabliet warmer caused undisclosed injuries to an infant and the company decided to institute the recall of the units.

The company is advising hospitals where the Stabilet warmers are used that they should stop using the warmers and replace them with other units as soon as it is feasible to do so. Also, hospitals should only use the recalled models on patients who do not require oxygen enrichment treatment, which can increase the risk of fires, the company said.

The company stopped making Stabilet Infant Warmers in 1998 and stopped offering spare parts and service of the units in 2003, officials said. An undisclosed number of the units are still in use.

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