Ventlab Corporation, a medical manufacturer of devices for the purpose of anesthesia, respiratory and critical care, as well as emergency medical devices, initiated a nationwide recall of the company’s defective manual resuscitators. The product recall, which includes 14,602 units in the United States, were for manual resuscitators distributed between the period of March 2012 until July 2012. According to a press release by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Ventlab Corporation’s manual resuscitators are possibly dangerous in that there is a risk that they distribute little or no oxygen or air through the patient valve and to the user.  The lack of distribution of air/oxygen might result in life threatening consequence such as hypoxia and hypoventilation. As of this writing, no injuries have been reported and according to company officials, the recall was initiated voluntarily.  They also voluntarily notified the FDA of their action. A full list of the model numbers are below:

F1040MB	AF3100MB-M1	SS3200MB-MMC	VN5000MX
AF1040MBP	AF3140MB-I	SS3200MBP-2	BVM700
AF1040MBS	AF3140MB-K	SS3200MBP-M00	BT2200FK
AF1040MB-S5	AF5140MBPWTD5	SS3200OB	BT2216
AF1040MB-T	AF5140MB-T	SS3200OB-PW	BT2216F
AF1100MB	AFD5140MB-T	VN3100MB	BT2216K
AF1140MB	SC9001C	VN3100MB-2	BT2220
AF1140MB-K	SC9001C-C	VN3100MBP	BT2220F
AF1140MB-P5	SS3200MB	VN3100MB-PW2	BT2416
AF1140MBP-T	SS3200MB-2	VN3100OB	BT2416F
AF1140MB-T	SS3200MB-I	VN4100OB	BT2416K
Pro-1904	Pro-5009P		BT2420
Pro-1925			BT2420F
			BT2420FK