The Recall Desk
HighFDA (Devices)·Z-0217-2017·Announced 2016-10-26

Windstone Medical recalls surgical kits with defective disposable gloves

Windstone Medical Packaging is recalling 117 surgical kits because the included Medtronic disposable gloves may have splits or holes that compromise sterility.

What this means for you

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 medical device where sterility is compromised, posing a risk of infection (risk-of-harm product), but the source text does not report any specific injuries or illnesses, fitting the 'High' severity criteria for risk-of-harm products without reported injury.

Plain-English summary

Windstone Medical Packaging, Inc. is recalling 117 Lap/Hyst Pack kits (Kit numbers AMS2539 and AMS2539A) 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 kits.

The gloves may contain splits or holes, which compromises the sterility of the surgical kit. The affected kits were distributed nationwide to California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, New Jersey, Nevada, Texas, Virginia, and Wyoming. The recall covers specific lot numbers with expiration dates ranging from November 2015 to May 2016.

Hospitals and healthcare facilities should stop using the affected kits and contact Windstone Medical Packaging for further instructions. Consumers are not expected to have these products in their homes, as they are custom kits for professional medical use.

The recalled product

Product
Lap/Hyst Pack, Kit number AMS2539 and AMS2539(A convenience custom kits used for general surgery in hospital operating room
Affected units
117

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 →