The Recall Desk

Hazard

Retained Surgical Item recalls

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

What the numbers show

Total
1
Critical
0
Severe
0
Most recent
2022-07-27

Of the 1 retained surgical item recalls we have scored against our rubric, 0 (0%) 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 retained surgical item 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.

A recall can carry multiple tags — a Listeria recall might also be tagged ready-to-eat and undeclared-allergen. Use the full-text search if you want to combine hazard tags with brand or category filters.

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  • HighFDA (Devices)·Z-1452-2022·2022-07-27

    SurgiCount+ System software error bypasses sponge tracking alerts

    A software error in SurgiCount+ System Application may allow duplicate surgical sponges to be counted without the required documentation prompt. This could allow surgical cases to close without proper verification that all sponges were accounted for.

    Product
    SurgiCount+ System Application, Software Version 2.0.17, Catalog Number 0694-002-090. Used for counting, displaying, recording and locating the number of RFID-tagged absorbent articles used during surgical procedures.
    Category
    Medical Device
    Distribution
    2 states