Customed Umbilical Vessel Catheter Kits Recalled for Compromised Sterility
Customed, Inc. is recalling 48 Umbilical Vessel Catheter Kits due to compromised sterility and manufacturing deficiencies that may result in patient infection.
The agency’s classification
FDA (Devices): Class I
Class I is a situation in which there is a reasonable probability that the use of or exposure to a violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death.
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 4/5 (Severe).
The hazard poses a serious risk of illness, injury, or structural failure. Stop using the product immediately and contact the manufacturer for a refund or repair.
Our severity reasoning: The recall involves a medical device with compromised sterility that may result in patient infection, which aligns with the rubric criterion for significant injury reports or high-risk medical device defects.
Plain-English summary
Customed, Inc. is recalling 48 units of the Umbilical Vessel Catheter Kit, Catalog number 900-1408. The product is used by medical staff to perform patient care procedures such as wound healing, suture removals, and wound irrigation. The affected units are identified by lot numbers 140513084, 140613592, and 140714177.
The recall was initiated because of compromised sterility, which is not limited to potentially damaged packaging. Serious deficiencies in the manufacturing processes and uncontrolled and inadequate storage conditions increase the risk of contamination. These conditions may result in patient infection.
The affected products were distributed in the United States to Florida, New York, and Puerto Rico. Medical facilities and consumers should stop using the affected products and contact the recalling firm for further instructions.
The recalled product
- Product
- Umbilical Vessel Catheter Kit, Catalog number 900-1408. Used by medical staff to perform patient care procedures such as wound healing, suture removals, irrigate wounds, etc.
- Manufacturer
- Customed, Inc
- Category
- Medical Device — Catheters
- Hazard
- Affected units
- 48
Is your product affected?
Check your packaging against the codes below. If any of them match, the product is part of this recall.
Lot numbers (1)
- Lot numbers 140513084 140613592 140714177
Distribution
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 179 recalled by Customed, 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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