Breast Pumps
Adverse events linked to breast pumps
Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, July 3rd, 2005
"Breast pumps are medical devices used to express milk and maintain the milk supply. The purpose of this study was to characterize adverse events reported to the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on breast pumps," scientists recently reported in the Journal of Human Lactation.
According to S.L Brown and associates, FDA, "Thirty-seven adverse event reports on breast pumps were identified from the Manufacturer and User Facility Device Experience database between 1992 and 2003. Four additional reports were found in the Device Experience Network...
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