The Recall Desk
Agency classClass IIOur severity:HighFDA (Devices)·Z-0202-2017·Announced 2016-10-26

Windstone Medical GYN-Laparoscopy Tray Recalled for Sterility Compromise

Windstone Medical Packaging is recalling GYN-Laparoscopy Tray kits because the included Medtronic gloves may contain 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.

Plain-English summary

Windstone Medical Packaging, Inc. is recalling 88 units of the GYN-Laparoscopy Tray AMS1196(A) convenience custom kits. These kits are 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) included in the custom AMS kit, which may contain splits or holes that compromise sterility.

The affected kits were distributed nationwide to California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, New Jersey, Nevada, Texas, Virginia, and Wyoming. The specific lot numbers and expiration dates involved are 63499 (1/5/2016), 67887 (9/2/2016), 58066 (9/17/2016), and 79234 (11/2/2017).

Healthcare facilities should stop using these kits and contact Windstone Medical Packaging for instructions on how to return the product.

The recalled product

Product
GYN-Laparoscopy Tray AMS1196(A convenience custom kits used for general surgery in hospital operating room
Affected units
88

Distribution

Distributed nationwide across the United States.

The notice also names 12 states specifically:

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.

See all 150 products in this recall →

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