FDA reports certain ResMed masks recalled due to safety issue with magnets

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is alerting patients, caregivers, and health care providers about AirFit and AirTouch mask models recalled by ResMed Ltd. “These masks are used with bilevel positive airway pressure, also known as Bilevel PAP, BiPAP, or BPAP, machines and continuous positive airway pressure, or CPAP. The recalled masks have magnets that can cause potential injuries or death when the magnets interfere with certain implanted metallic medical devices or metallic objects in the body. The FDA classified this recall as a Class I recall, the most serious type of recall,” the agency stated in a notice.