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Medical Devices Recalls
Medical equipment, implants, and diagnostic devices
Integra LifeSciences Corporation is recalling certain lots of Integra Kits for Epidural Anesthesia Administration as a result of a Product Advisory Notice from BD Medical for the LOR syringes indicating the plunger of the syringe may stall or stick when travelling within the syringe.
Products were shipped labeled with "use by" dates that exceed currently available shelf-life data. All products remain within the earliest expiration date of April 2015.
Qualigen initiated this recall because the FastPack kit may cause lower than expected results due to a manufacturing defect.
GE Healthcare has recently become aware of a potential safety issue due to air leakage associated with the CO2 Multi Absorber.
Certain lots of FreeStyle and FreeStyle Lite Blood Glucose Test Strips produce erroneously low blood glucose results when using FreeStyle Blood Glucose Meters, FreeStyle Flash Blood Glucose Meters and the FreeStyle blood glucose meter built into the OmniPod system. Erroneously low results that are not recognized may pose significant risks to your health.
Lots were labeled with incorrect expiration dates on secondary package (carton). The primary package (blister) is marked with the correct expiration date.
Microgenics Corp., part of Thermo Fisher Scientific, is recalling CEDIA Tobramycin II Assay (Lot Number: 60169764) due to calibration stability problem relating to two complaints received.
Products were shipped labeled with "use by" dates that exceed currently available shelf-life data. All products remain within the earliest expiration date of April 2015.
Products were shipped labeled with "use by" dates that exceed currently available shelf-life data. All products remain within the earliest expiration date of April 2015.
During routine servicing, it was discovered that one 8mmx55mm Reset screw was assembled with an 8mm tulip head and a 9mm screw. The implant should have consisted of an 8mm tulip head and an 8mm screw. A recall was initiated to remove all remaining screws of the same lot from the field to investigate the nonconformity.
Kimberly-Clark Single Shot Epidural Pain Management Trays contain the BD 7 mL Epilor plastic Luer-Lok LOR Syringes under recall by Becton Dickinson (BD) because the product may stall or stick when traveling within the barrel of the syringe.
Products were shipped labeled with "use by" dates that exceed currently available shelf-life data. All products remain within the earliest expiration date of April 2015.
Lots were labeled with incorrect expiration dates on secondary package (carton). The primary package (blister) is marked with the correct expiration date.
Boxes labeled as CIP5 may contain cartridges of AMP5.
HemosIL Low Abnormal Control 2 UNASSAYED Part Number: 0020003220
Instrumentation Laboratory
HemosIL Low, Abnormal, Normal Controls UNASSAYED (no-value assigned) lacks 510(k) approval
The two reagents supplied in the RapID Yeast Plus System kit (Reagent A and Reagent B) are mislabeled. The labels were reversed.
Smiths Medical is conducting a recall involving all MedfusionΒΏ 4000 Syringe Infusion Pumps. Smiths Medical has identified an issue with electrical shorting at the AC power receptacle. Shorting can occur when saline solution or other conductive fluids (e.g., potassium chloride) enter the AC power receptacle. When this happens, sparking and/ or flames, accompanied by smoke, may appear at the AC po
KARL STORZ Endoscopy America, Inc. is recalling the Flexible Broncho Fiberscope or a Flexible Intubation Fiberscope with a suction port because the material used in the suction channel portion was thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU), which is not listed in STERRAD systems claims for interior endoscope lumens.
Inner label of PN: 906768 Lot: 055450 CurvTek Eye Needle 22mm X-Large states incorrectly PN: 906760 7mm Medium.