The Recall Desk
HighFDA (Devices)·Z-0283-2017·Announced 2016-10-26

Windstone Medical Vein Kit Recall Due to Potential Sterility Compromise

Windstone Medical Packaging is recalling 360 Vein Kits because disposable gloves in the kits may contain 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 risk-of-harm product (sterile surgical kit) where the defect (compromised sterility) poses a risk of infection, but no injuries or illnesses have been reported in the source text.

Plain-English summary

Windstone Medical Packaging, Inc. is recalling 360 units of the Vein Kit - No Introducer (TVS4027-NI(A). These convenience custom 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 recall covers specific lot numbers with expiration dates ranging from August 2015 to November 2017.

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 intended for hospital use.

The recalled product

Product
Vein Kit - No Introducer TVS4027-NI(A convenience custom kits used for general surgery in hospital operating room
Affected units
360

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 →