Serious medical device recalls nearly doubled in Q2

Medical device recalls at the Class I level were up 88% during the second quarter of 2017, and the major culprit was quality issues involving device part malfunctioning, according to a new report from Stericycle ExpertSolutions.

There was also a noticeable uptick in pharmaceutical and food recalls that FDA labeled as Class I, according to the Stericycle report.

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