Agency classClass IOur severity:Severe FDA (Devices)·Z-1056-2014·Announced 2014-03-05

Medline Recalls Surgical Kits with Flaking Guidewire Coating

Medline Industries is recalling 112 surgical kits containing guidewires with a potential for coating to flake off.

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 agency classified this recall as Class I — 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. On that classification alone this is scored Severe; a score of Critical is reserved for recalls where a death or serious injury was reported. The agency gives the reason as: "Guidewire .035x150 3MMJ TCFC, item number 88241, has a potential for the coating to flake off of the wire. The guidewire is used in a number of surgical convenience kits assembled and marketed by Medline Industries, Inc."

Plain-English summary

Medline Industries, Inc. is recalling 112 units of CATH PACK surgical kits (Reference DYNJ40904, Lot 13GB9975). These kits are used to supply tools required to perform medical procedures. The recall is due to a potential for the coating on the included Guidewire .035x150 3MMJ TCFC (item number 88241) to flake off of the wire.

The affected products were distributed nationwide to the states of Alabama, California, Florida, Illinois, Louisiana, Ohio, and Virginia. The kits were packaged in Mexico for Medline Industries, Inc., located in Mundelein, IL.

Healthcare facilities and consumers should stop using the affected surgical kits and contact Medline Industries at 1-800-Medline or visit www.medline.com for further instructions.

The recalled product

Product: CATH PACK; REF: DYNJ40904; Packaged in Mexico for Medline Industries, Inc., Mundelein, IL 60060; 1-800-Medline; www.medline.com Surgical kit used to supply tools required to perform medical procedures.
Manufacturer: Medline Industries, Inc.
Category: Medical Device — Surgical Kits
Hazard: coating-flaking
Affected units: 112

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)

Pack Number: DYNJ40904
Lot: 13GB9975

Distribution

Distributed nationwide across the United States.

The notice also names 7 states specifically:

Part of a larger recall action

This product is one of 11 recalled by Medline Industries, 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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