FDA (Devices) recall action 78411
The FDA (Devices) publishes a recall like this one as 5 separate product records. They share a firm, a date and a cause; this page is all of them in one place, so the scale of the action is visible rather than spread across 5 pages.
Multiple surgical packs were assembled with a non-sterile CHG disk labeled as BIOPATCH" (kit component #52655) attached to the outside of the sterile pack. This may pose potential risk of infection. However, the kits have been in distribution since March 2016. Many of these kits have been used with no reported infections or adverse patient events. In addition, the BIOPATCH is impregnated with CHG, a well-known antiseptic agent with broad-spectrum anti-microbial and antifungal activity.
Multiple surgical packs were assembled with a non-sterile CHG applicators labeled as "ChloraPrep" (kit component numbers: 29183, 52115, 82279, and 82281). The non-sterile components 29183, 52115, 82279, and 82281 should have been placed inside the sterile portion of the pack, where it would subsequently be exposed to the ethylene oxide sterilization process. However, the components were not placed in the sterile portion of the pack during assembly and were never exposed to the sterilization process. Components 29183, 52115, 82279, and 82281 were inadvertently released non-sterile. The remainde…
One manufacturing lot of a non-sterile pack was assembled with a non-sterile component labeled sterile (kit component #80532NS). The non-sterile component 80532NS was supposed to be placed inside the sterile portion of the pack where it would subsequently be exposed to the ethylene oxide sterilization process. However, the component was not placed in the sterile portion of the pack during assembly and was never exposed to the sterilization process. Component 80532NS was inadvertently released non-sterile. Component 80532NS is packaged by Medline and is an Anti-fog kit that contains 1 bottle of…
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The unit total adds up the quantities the agency stated for each product. Where a product record gave no figure, or gave a weight rather than a count, it contributes nothing — so the real total is at least this, never less.
Medline Industries is recalling sterile PICC trays because a non-sterile component was attached to the outside of the packaging, posing a potential infection risk.
Medline Industries is recalling 144 LASER CDS surgical kits because specific ChloraPrep applicators were not sterilized. The non-sterile components were inadvertently released to California and New Mexico.
Medline Industries is recalling 15 kits of Laparoscopy CDS because a non-sterile anti-fog component was not exposed to the sterilization process.
Medline is recalling 3,000 Art-Line Surgery Packs because a non-sterile CHG disk was attached to the outside of the sterile packaging, posing a potential infection risk.
Medline Industries is recalling 77 kits of Cardiac Insulation Pads because a non-sterile component was not properly sterilized.