FDA Recall Terminated

Tempa DOT Single-Use Clinical Thermometer Medical Indicators Made in U.S.A. by Medical Indicators, Inc. 16 Thomas J Rhodes Industrial Drive, Hamilton, NJ 08619 USA Phone 1.888.737.1601 www.medicalindicators.com Per 3M website (this product line was recently bought by Medical Indicators from 3M) and labeling in 806, TempaDOT thermometers are individually wrapped, single-use, disposable clinical thermometers for oral or axillary use.

Recall: Z-2162-2013 · Initiated July 10, 2013

Recall

Recall Number
Z-2162-2013
Event Number
65905
Firm
Medical Indicators, Inc.
FEI Number
2246308
Product Code
FQZ
Status
Terminated
Root Cause
Labeling mix-ups
Initiated
July 10, 2013
Posted
September 6, 2013
Terminated
January 16, 2014
Address
16 Thomas J. Rhodes Industrial Drive, Hamilton, NJ, 08619

Description

Tempa DOT Single-Use Clinical Thermometer Medical Indicators Made in U.S.A. by Medical Indicators, Inc. 16 Thomas J Rhodes Industrial Drive, Hamilton, NJ 08619 USA Phone 1.888.737.1601 www.medicalindicators.com Per 3M website (this product line was recently bought by Medical Indicators from 3M) and labeling in 806, TempaDOT thermometers are individually wrapped, single-use, disposable clinical thermometers for oral or axillary use.

Reason

TempaDot products may have been mislabeled.

Action

The firm, Medical Indicators Inc.sent an "URGENT" Recall letter dated July 10, 2013 and Acknowledgement Form to all distributors/customers via email and Priority Mail with delivery confirmation. The letter described the product, problem and actions to be taken. The customers were instructed to check full & partial cases of the tempadot; open and inspect all 5122NS cases; pull out and quarantine any of the lots found in the 5122NS cases, pending return to medical indicators; if individual Tempadot 100-count boxes of 5122 and 5122NS are stored in different warehouse follow the instructions provided in the letter; if Tempadot 100-count boxes of 5122 were sold to a customer with the affected lots, contact the customer and have them return the product; and complete and return the Recall Return Response Acknowledgement and Receipt Form via mail to: 16 Thomas J Rhodes Industrial Drive, Hamilton NJ, 08619; fax: (609) 587-5636 or email to: www.medicalindicators.com or General Manager at: [email protected]. Contact information for any question(s) related to this recall may be addressed to General Manager of Medical Indicators, Inc. at 609-737-1600, extension 204 or email to: [email protected], Mondays through Fridays from 8:00am to 5:00pm EST.

Distribution

Nationwide distribution: USA including states of: CA, GA, FL, IN, NY, NV OH, PA, TN,TX, VA, and WI.

Quantity

111,800 boxes (5,590 full boxes)