Tagged: Surgical gown quality fraud

Avanos Medical Pays $22 Million to Settle Criminal Mislabeling Charges for Surgical Gowns

Avanos Medical, a global medical device company, agreed to pay $22 million to resolve criminal charges relating to its fraudulent misbranding of its MicroCool surgical gowns.  Avanos Medical falsely labeled the surgical gowns as providing the highest level of protection against fluid and virus penetration. As part of the settlement, Avanos Medical agreed to a three-year deferred prosecution agreement (DPA), in exchange for a payment...