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# Hamilton Recalls Faulty Patient Ventilators
- URL: https://www.fdaweb.com/hamilton-recalls-faulty-patient-ventilators/
- Published: 2019-07-12T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-15T01:37:36.000Z
- Author: David McFarland
- Tags: Drugs, #legacy-id-D5144520

Hamilton Medical has recalled its Hamilton-G5 Ventilators due to the potential for “panel connection lost” error messages to be displayed and resulting in the ventilator to stop working and enter an ambient state. “When the ventilator enters an ambient state, the patient breathes room air unassisted and the ventilator sounds a high priority alarm with visual blinking LEDs alerting medical staff,” a [recall notice](http://s2027422842.t.en25.com/e/es?s=2027422842&e=234447&elqTrackId=376c7bc788024cd5a73d955f2e3dcbdc&elq=b94d9155c9584a8ba7a0adec21a9d435&elqaid=8733&elqat=1&ref=fdaweb.com) says. “When the ventilator enters the ambient state, alternative ventilation must be provided immediately.” Hamilton Medical has received 14 complaints associated with the error message, however no patient injuries or deaths have been reported due to the issue.