The Recall Desk
HighFDA (Devices)·Z-1021-2020·Announced 2020-02-12

Cardinal Health Recalls Surgical Gowns Due to Unknown Contamination Levels

Cardinal Health is recalling AAMI 3 Nonreinforced 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 risk-of-harm product (surgical gowns) with unknown contamination levels where specific injury or illness reports are not stated in the source text, fitting the High severity criteria.

Plain-English summary

Cardinal Health is recalling AAMI 3 Nonreinforced Surgical Gowns, Item Code 9585N, in size 3XL. The recall involves 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 was initiated because the gowns contain an unknown level of bioburden, unknown microbiological flora, and unknown particulate contamination. The agency classification for this recall is Class II. Specific lot numbers are identified by formats including XXXXXJ or XXXXXJX, with single-sterile lots following the YYMRJXXX format and bulk non-sterile lots following the XXXYRPQ format, generally affecting products made in 2018 or 2019.

Healthcare facilities and consumers should stop using the affected gowns and check their inventory for the specific lot numbers and formats described in the recall notice. Affected units should be returned to Cardinal Health or disposed of according to local regulations and facility policies.

The recalled product

Product
AAMI 3 NONREINF SURG GOWN 3XL BNS, Item Code 9585N
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 →