The Recall Desk

Hazard

Catheter Breakage recalls

3 recalls in our database tag this hazard, drawn from FDA, USDA FSIS, CPSC, and NHTSA source notices.

What the numbers show

Total
3
Critical
1
Severe
0
Most recent
2025-03-12

Of the 3 catheter breakage recalls we have scored against our rubric, 1 (33%) are Critical — deaths or serious injuries reported, or the agency’s own highest classification — and 0 (0%) are Severe.

About this hazard tag

Hazard tags are short, machine-readable labels we attach to every recall to make cross-cutting queries possible — “all catheter breakage recalls regardless of agency”, “all listeria recalls in California”, “all airbag recalls in 2025”. The tags are extracted from each recall’s source text during the LLM rewrite step and validated against a fixed schema.

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  • CriticalFDA (Devices)·Z-1244-2025·2025-03-12

    Rotarex Atherectomy Catheter Recalled for Helix Fracture Risk

    Bard is recalling Rotarex Atherectomy System catheters due to potential helix fracture or breakage that could cause vessel injury and severe bleeding. Updated instructions are being distributed to clarify procedural steps to reduce this risk.

    Product
    Rotarex Atherectomy System and Instructions for Use, BD SET Rotarex: S 6 F x 110 cm, REF: 80236; S 6 F x 135 cm, REF: 80237; S 8 F x 85 cm, REF: 80238; S 8 F x 110 cm, REF: 80239
    Category
    Medical Device
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • HighFDA (Devices)·Z-1690-2016·2016-05-25

    Becton Dickinson Recalls Shielded IV Catheters Due to Defect

    Becton Dickinson is recalling 1.3 million shielded IV catheters because a defect could cause the catheter to separate or break.

    Product
    1) 24 G x 0.75 in. BD Angiocath" Autoguard" shielded IV catheter (0.7 mm x 19 mm) made of FEP polymer catalog number 381700 2) 24 G x 0.56 in. BD Angiocath-N" Autoguard" shielded IV catheter (0.7 mm x 14 mm) made of FEP polymer catalog number 381720
    Category
    Medical Device
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide