FDA (Devices) recall action 93546
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Firm is recalling all kits containing recalled lots of Nurse Assist Sterile 0.9% Normal Saline. Nurse Assist identified product in distribution for which the required sterility assurance level (SAL) of 10^-6 cannot be guaranteed. Risks to patients if product is used include blood stream infections, urinary tract infections, or respiratory infections; in the worst-case scenario, there is risk of sepsis or death.
The agency’s own wording, quoted from the enforcement report.
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.
Busse Hospital Disposables is recalling tracheostomy care kits due to failed sterility assurance. The affected product cannot guarantee required sterility levels and poses risks of infection and sepsis.
Busse Hospital Disposables recalls sterile dressing change trays due to inability to guarantee required sterility assurance level. The defect could lead to serious infections including blood stream, urinary tract, or respiratory infections.
Busse Hospital Disposables is recalling tracheostomy care kits containing Nurse Assist Sterile Normal Saline because the required sterility assurance level cannot be guaranteed. Contaminated products could cause serious infections including bloodstream, respiratory, and urinary tract infections, or sepsis.