RUSCHELIT Safety Clear Tracheal Tube 15mm connector disconnection risk nationwide recall
Teleflex is recalling 31,945 RUSCHELIT Safety Clear Tracheal Tubes nationwide due to reports of 15mm connector disconnection from the endotracheal tube.
What this means for you
Illness, injury, or structural failure has been reported. Stop using the product immediately and contact the manufacturer for a refund or repair.
Our severity reasoning: FDA Class I designation requires a minimum severity of Severe. No deaths, serious injuries, or hospitalizations are documented in the source text; however, the reported connector disconnections on this airway management device justify this classification level.
Plain-English summary
Teleflex LLC is recalling 31,945 units of the RUSCHELIT Safety Clear Tracheal Tube (REF 112480035), an oral/nasal endotracheal tube, due to reports of the 15mm connector disconnecting from the tube.
The affected products were distributed nationwide in the United States, including Puerto Rico, under multiple batch numbers and UDI-DI 14026704341518.
Healthcare facilities should stop using affected units immediately and contact Teleflex LLC or their medical device supplier for product return instructions and replacement options.
The recalled product
- Product
- RUSCHELIT Safety Clear Tracheal Tube, oral/nasal, Magill, REF 112480035
- Manufacturer
- TELEFLEX LLC
- Hazard
- connector-disconnection
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 14026704341518
- Batch Numbers: 18GG15
- 18GG16
- 18IG01
- 18IG03
- 18IG04
- 18IG13
- 18LG30
- 19BG16
- 19BG35
- 19DT35
- 19ET51
- 19GT51
- 19IT38
- 19JT20
- 19JT50
- 19KT37
- 19KT60
- 19LT03
- 19LT27
Distribution
Distributed nationwide across the United States.
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