The Recall Desk
Agency classClass IIOur severity:HighFDA (Devices)·Z-1735-2017·Announced 2017-04-12

Centurion Convenience Kits Recalled Due to Potential Sterile Packaging Breach

Centurion Medical Products is recalling 1,692 Convenience Kits containing eye pads due to a potential breach in sterile packaging.

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: The recall involves a potential breach in sterile packaging for a medical device, which poses a risk of harm (infection) even though no specific injuries or illnesses are reported in the source text.

Plain-English summary

Centurion Medical Products Corporation is recalling 1,692 Ophthalmic Dressing Tray Convenience Kits. These kits contain individually packaged and sterilized Covidien Curity Oval Eye Pads that were placed into non-sterile Centurion Convenience Kits along with other components.

The recall was initiated because of a supplier's recall regarding a potential breach in the sterile packaging of the eye pads. The affected products were placed into the kits between July 2013 and January 2017. Specific batch numbers and expiration dates are listed in the official recall documentation.

The affected kits were distributed in New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, California, Ohio, Washington, Virginia, New Jersey, and Illinois. Consumers and healthcare facilities should check their inventory for the specific batch numbers and expiration dates listed in the recall notice and stop using the affected products.

The recalled product

Product
OPHTHALMIC DRESSING TRAY The Covidien Curity Oval Eye Pads are individually packaged and sterilized by the manufacturer; they are then placed into non-sterile Centurion Convenience Kits along with other components.
Affected units
1,692

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 (1)

  • Centurion component code 2841

Distribution

Distributed in 9 states:

Part of a larger recall action

This product is one of 7 recalled by Centurion Medical Products Corporation 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 7 products in this recall →

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