The Recall Desk
HighFDA (Devices)·Z-1486-2016·Announced 2016-04-20

Customed Carpal Tunnel Surgical Packs Recalled for Sterilization Issues

Customed, Inc. is recalling 162 carpal tunnel surgical packs distributed in Puerto Rico due to inadequate sterilization validation and package integrity.

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 sterile medical device with a risk of harm due to potential contamination, but the source text does not report any illnesses or injuries, fitting the 'High' severity criteria for risk-of-harm products without reported injury.

Plain-English summary

Customed, Inc. is recalling 162 units of the Carpal Tunnel Large Surgical Pack (Catalog Number 900742A). These sterile medical device packs are used by medical staff to perform surgical procedures and patient care tasks such as wound healing, suture removals, and wound irrigation.

The recall was initiated because of inadequate validation and qualification of the sterilization processes, as well as package integrity issues for products released for distribution as sterile. The affected lots were distributed only in Puerto Rico.

Healthcare facilities and consumers who have these specific surgical packs should stop using them and contact the manufacturer or their supplier for instructions on return or replacement.

The recalled product

Product
Catalog Number: 900742A CARPAL TUNEL LARGE SURGICAL PACK Used by medical staff to perform surgical procedures and patient care procedures such as wound healing, suture removals, irrigate wounds, etc.
Manufacturer
Customed, Inc
Affected units
162

Distribution

Distributed in 1 state:

Part of a larger recall action

This product is one of 100 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.

See all 100 products in this recall →