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# Early Alert: Draeger Breathing Circuit Issue
- URL: https://www.fdaweb.com/early-alert-draeger-breathing-circuit-issue/
- Published: 2026-09-03T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-14T12:05:16.000Z
- Author: David McFarland
- Tags: enforcement, #legacy-id-D5161732

CDRH has issued an early alert based on a Draeger letter to customers recommending certain VentStar Resus Neo hoses (breathing circuits) be removed from where they are used or sold.

Draeger stated that they are aware of cases in which obvious cracks in the hose were detected by the users prior to use. “If a cracked hose is used, the hose may fall off or leak resulting in restricted ventilation or delayed therapy which could lead to desaturation, hypoxia, or patient death,” the [alert says](https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/medical-device-recalls-and-early-alerts/early-alert-breathing-circuit-issue-draeger?utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fsource=govdelivery).