Coaxial Interventional Needles recalled for potential sterilization failure
Coaxial Interventional Needles from INNOVATIVE TOMOGRAPHY PRODUCT GMBH may not be properly sterilized. Multiple lot numbers are affected and should not be used.
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: This is a Class II FDA recall for an invasive medical device with inadequate sterilization, which poses risk of infection. Per the rubric, Class II recalls for serious risk-of-harm products where injury has not been reported qualify as High (3) severity. The recall notice contains no indication of reported illnesses or adverse events.
Plain-English summary
INNOVATIVE TOMOGRAPHY PRODUCT GMBH is recalling Coaxial Interventional Needles that are labeled as sterile because they may not have been adequately sterilized. This is a Class II recall by the FDA.
The recalled products include multiple article numbers: KIR 23/05, KIR 23/05N, KIR 23/07, KIR 23/07N, KIR 23/10, KIR 23/15, KIR 21/10, KIR 21/12, KIR 21/15, KIR 21/20, KIR 17/15, and KIR 17/15:45. Each article number has specific lot numbers listed as affected. The needles vary in length from 50 mm to 200 mm and in diameter from 17G to 23G.
These needles have been distributed in California. Healthcare providers and patients who have these devices should not use the affected lot numbers and should contact INNOVATIVE TOMOGRAPHY PRODUCT GMBH immediately for instructions on return or replacement. The affected devices should be removed from inventory.
The recalled product
- Product
- Coaxial Interventional Needle, ITP innotom.com, CE 0297, STERILE EO for the following article numbers: Article no. KIR 23/05, Length 50 mm, Diameter 23 G (0.6 mm); Article no. KIR 23/05N, Length 50 mm, Diameter 23 G (0.6 mm); Article no. KIR 23/07, Length 75 mm, Diameter 2
- Manufacturer
- INNOVATIVE TOMOGRAPHY PRODUCT GMBH
- Hazard
- sterilization-failure
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)
- Affected Lot Numbers: KIR 23/05: LOT: 2516
- 5016
- 1417
- 0718
- 3318
- 4318
- 3819
- 1520
- KIR 23/05N: LOT: 0717
- 5117
- 0518
- KIR 23/07: LOT: 2516
- 4216
- 3617
- 2119
- 3320
- 4420
- KIR 23/07N: LOT: 2916
- 4516
- 0717
Distribution
Distributed nationwide across the United States.
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