FDA Recall Terminated

Plastic Cannula Holdex Tube Holder, Item number: 450216. It is intended for use in routine specimen withdrawal from specimen collection bags or bottles through needleless cannula ports.

Recall: Z-2198-2008 · Initiated August 5, 2008

Recall

Recall Number
Z-2198-2008
Event Number
49367
Firm
Greiner Bio-One North America, Inc.
FEI Number
3001451379
Product Code
FMI
Status
Terminated
Root Cause
Process design
Initiated
August 5, 2008
Posted
September 30, 2008
Terminated
July 25, 2012
Address
4238 Capital Dr, Monroe, NC, 28110-7681

Description

Plastic Cannula Holdex Tube Holder, Item number: 450216. It is intended for use in routine specimen withdrawal from specimen collection bags or bottles through needleless cannula ports.

Reason

At removal of the tube from the holder the needle may dislodge and become stuck in the tube stopper with the blunt end of the needle facing out.

Action

Consignees were notified by letter on 08/06/2008. Letters to Distributors instructed them to stop distribution of the affected product immediately and to hold any product of the lots they may have pending returned to Greiner bio-one. The were instructed to provide Greiner bio-one with a list of their customers who may have received the affected lot so that they can contact them. A Product Disposition form was included to be completed and returned to Greiner bio-one. Contact Greiner Bio-One North America, Inc. at 1-888-286-3883 for assistance.

Distribution

AL, FL, IN, KS, KY, MO, MN, NC, OH, PA, TN, TX, UT, VA, WI and WV.

Quantity

150,000 pcs