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FDA (Devices) recall action 94643

Ethicon, Inc. recalled 6 products on 2024-06-26

The FDA (Devices) publishes a recall like this one as 6 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 6 pages.

Products
6
Announced
2024-06-26
Critical
0
Units
1,093,500

Why these products were recalled

Issue on a specific packaging machine resulted in a hole in the primary packaging, product sterility compromised and could result in infection .

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.

States named across these recalls

1–6 of 6

  • HighFDA (Devices)··2024-06-26

    MONOCRYL Surgical Sutures Recalled for Packaging Sterility Defect

    Ethicon recalls 306,000 MONOCRYL surgical sutures worldwide due to holes in primary packaging from a manufacturing defect that compromises sterility and could result in infection.

    Product
    MONOCRYL (poliglecaprone 25) Suture - Intended for use in general soft tissue approximation and/or ligation where an absorbable material is indicated PRODUCT CODE: Y315H Y345H Y359H Y398H Y416H Y417H Y426H Y427H Y935H Y936H Y945H
    Category
    Distribution
    6 states
  • HighFDA (Devices)··2024-06-26

    PDS Plus Antibacterial Surgical Sutures Recalled for Compromised Sterility

    Ethicon recalls PDS Plus Antibacterial sutures due to packaging defects that compromised sterility. The affected units may cause infection if used in surgery.

    Product
    PDS Plus Antibacterial (polydioxanone) Suture - Intended for use in general soft tissue approximation, including use in paediatric cardiovascular tissue, in microsurgery and in ophthalmic surgery. These sutures are particularly useful where the combination of an absorbable suture
    Category
    Distribution
    6 states
  • HighFDA (Devices)··2024-06-26

    Ethicon MONOCRYL Plus Sutures Recalled for Packaging Defect

    Ethicon recalled 287,892 MONOCRYL Plus Antibacterial Sutures worldwide due to a packaging machine defect that created holes in primary packaging, potentially compromising sterility and risking infection.

    Product
    MONOCRYL Plus Antibacterial (poliglecaprone 25) Suture - Intended for use in general soft tissue approximation and/or ligation where an absorbable material is indicated. PRODUCT CODE: MCP266H13 MCP3200H16 MCP3212H16 MCP3213H16 MCP340H13 MCP345H13 MCP416H14 MCP417H14 M
    Category
    Distribution
    6 states
  • HighFDA (Devices)··2024-06-26

    VICRYL Sutures recalled due to packaging defect compromising sterility

    Ethicon recalls 341,532 units of VICRYL surgical sutures worldwide due to holes in primary packaging that compromise sterility and could result in infection.

    Product
    VICRYL (polyglactin 910) Suture - Indicated for use in general soft tissue approximation and/or ligation, including use in ophthalmic surgery, but not for use in cardiovascular and neurological tissues. PRODUCT CODE: J214H J218H J258H J268H J269H J327H J344H
    Category
    Distribution
    6 states
  • HighFDA (Devices)··2024-06-26

    PDS II Polydioxanone Sutures Recalled Due to Compromised Sterility

    Ethicon is recalling 56,952 units of PDS II polydioxanone sutures distributed worldwide because a packaging defect resulted in compromised sterility, which could lead to infection. No illnesses have been reported.

    Product
    PDS II (polydioxanone) Suture - Intended for use in general soft tissue approximation, including use in paediatric cardiovascular tissue, in microsurgery and in ophthalmic surgery. These sutures are particularly useful where the combination of an absorbable suture and extended wo
    Category
    Distribution
    6 states
  • HighFDA (Devices)··2024-06-26

    FDA Recalls VICRYL Plus Antibacterial Sutures Due to Packaging Defect

    Ethicon is recalling VICRYL Plus Antibacterial Sutures due to a packaging machine defect that created holes in the primary packaging, potentially compromising product sterility. Affected sutures may pose an infection risk.

    Product
    VICRYL Plus Antibacterial (polyglactin 910) Suture - Indicated for use in general soft tissue approximation and/or ligation, except for ophthalmic, cardiovascular and neurological tissues. PRODUCT CODE: VCP196H VCP417H VCP602H VCP603H VCP662H VCPB259H VCPB94
    Category
    Distribution
    6 states