The Recall Desk
HighFDA (Devices)·Z-1010-2020·Announced 2020-02-12

Cardinal Health Recalls Surgical Gowns Due to Unknown Contamination Levels

Cardinal Health is recalling AAMI 3 Royalsilk Surgical Gowns because they contain unknown levels of bioburden, microbiological flora, and particulate contamination.

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 with unknown contamination levels (bioburden, flora, particulate) which poses a risk of harm, but the source text does not report any illnesses or injuries, fitting the 'High' severity criteria for risk-of-harm products where injury has not yet been reported.

Plain-English summary

Cardinal Health is recalling AAMI 3 Royalsilk Surgical Gowns (Item Code 90380NC) in size XL. The recall affects 7,659,634 total units. The gowns are distributed worldwide, including the United States (nationwide, Puerto Rico, and Guam), the United Arab Emirates, Australia, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Israel, Mexico, Oman, Panama, the Philippines, and Saudi Arabia.

The recall is being conducted because the gowns contain an unknown level of bioburden, unknown microbiological flora, and unknown particulate contamination. The agency has classified this as a Class II recall. Affected lot numbers follow specific formats for single-sterile and bulk non-sterile products, generally involving facility code 'J' and production dates from 2018 or 2019.

Healthcare facilities and consumers should stop using the affected gowns and contact Cardinal Health for further instructions. The source text does not report any specific illnesses or injuries associated with this recall.

The recalled product

Product
AAMI 3 ROYALSILK SCRBNURGOWN BNS XL, Gown. Item Code 90380NC
Manufacturer
Cardinal Health
Affected units
7,659,634

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 (2)

  • 244 or greater is affected OR " " If made in 2019
  • any value is affected

Distribution

Distributed nationwide across the United States.

The notice also names 2 states specifically:

Part of a larger recall action

This product is one of 39 recalled by Cardinal Health 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 39 products in this recall →