The Recall Desk
Agency classClass IIOur severity:HighFDA (Devices)·Z-1362-2022·Announced 2022-07-20

Pressure Monitoring Sets with Excess Coating Pose Embolism Risk

Cook Incorporated is recalling approximately 11,451 Pressure Monitoring Sets because excess coating material on the needle component may enter the bloodstream, potentially causing pulmonary embolism or ischemia.

The agency’s classification

FDA (Devices): Class II

Class II is a situation in which use of or exposure to a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences, or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote.

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 3/5 (High).

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: This is an FDA Class II medical device recall with potential for serious adverse outcomes including pulmonary embolism and ischemia. The source text does not report any illnesses or injuries. The product meets the rubric criterion for High severity as a risk-of-harm device where injury has not yet been reported.

Plain-English summary

Cook Incorporated is recalling 11,451 units of Pressure Monitoring Set, Single-lumen uncoated central venous catheter (RPN C-PMS-250, GPN G02838) distributed nationwide in the United States, as well as in Canada and Brazil.

The products may contain excess coating material on the outside and/or interior of the needle component.

Potential adverse events associated with use of an affected product include a delay in the procedure, a prolonged procedure, or particulate material entering the bloodstream, which may result in pulmonary embolism or ischemia.

The recalled product

Product
Pressure Monitoring Set, Single-lumen uncoated central venous catheter. RPN C-PMS-250, GPN G02838
Manufacturer
Cook Incorporated
Affected units
11,451

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 (20)

  • UDI-DI: (01)00827002028388
  • Lot Numbers: 9665716
  • 9679942
  • 9686540
  • 9686549
  • 9689250
  • 9689343
  • 9692548
  • 9692549
  • 9699716
  • 9699717
  • 9705738
  • 9709183
  • 9712150
  • 9712373
  • 9736455
  • 9742510
  • 9746575
  • 9746716
  • 9760404

Distribution

Distributed nationwide across the United States.

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