Windstone Medical Recalls Cath Packs Due to Potential Sterility Compromise
Windstone Medical Packaging is recalling 246 Cath Pack kits because the included Medtronic gloves may have splits or holes that compromise sterility.
The agency’s classification
FDA (Devices): Class II
Class II is a situation in which use of or exposure to a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences, or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote.
This is the agency’s own classification, taken from its notice. The severity score below is our assessment, not the agency’s. How recall classes work
What this means for you
Our assessment, not the agency’s: severity 3/5 (High).
Real risk of harm even if no illness or injury has been reported yet. Stop using the product and follow the agency's guidance.
Our severity reasoning: The recall involves a risk-of-harm product (sterile surgical kit) where injury has not yet been reported, fitting the 'High' severity criteria for theoretical risk without confirmed adverse events.
Plain-English summary
Windstone Medical Packaging, Inc. is recalling 246 units of the Cath Pack, kit number AMS4283. These are convenience custom kits used for general surgery in hospital operating rooms. The recall is due to a defect in the Medtronic COVER LIGHT HANDLE DISPOSABLE GLOVES, Part # 13140, which are included in the custom AMS kit.
The gloves may contain splits or holes that compromise sterility. The affected lots are 77875 (expiration 7/30/2016), 78282 (expiration 7/30/2016), and 78570 (expiration 9/28/2017). The products were distributed nationwide to California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, New Jersey, Nevada, Texas, Virginia, and Wyoming.
Healthcare facilities should stop using these kits and contact Windstone Medical Packaging for instructions on return or disposal. No illnesses or injuries have been reported in the source text.
The recalled product
- Product
- Cath Pack, kit number AMS4283 convenience custom kits used for general surgery in hospital operating room
- Manufacturer
- Windstone Medical Packaging, Inc.
- Category
- Medical Device — Surgical Kits
- Affected units
- 246
Distribution
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 150 recalled by Windstone Medical Packaging, Inc. under a single FDA (Devices) recall action. The agency files each product separately, so the size of the action is not visible from this page alone.
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