FDA Recall Terminated

PICC Tray, STERILE, 12 packs each per case.

Recall: Z-2977-2018 · Initiated April 12, 2017

Recall

Recall Number
Z-2977-2018
Event Number
78411
Firm
Medline Industries, Inc.
FEI Number
3000717925
Product Code
N/A
Status
Terminated
Root Cause
Under Investigation by firm
Initiated
April 12, 2017
Terminated
August 5, 2019
Address
1170 S Northpoint Blvd, Waukegan, IL, 60085-6757

Description

PICC Tray, STERILE, 12 packs each per case.

Reason

Multiple surgical packs were assembled with a non-sterile CHG disk labeled as BIOPATCH" (kit component #52655) attached to the outside of the sterile pack. This may pose potential risk of infection. However, the kits have been in distribution since March 2016. Many of these kits have been used with no reported infections or adverse patient events. In addition, the BIOPATCH is impregnated with CHG, a well-known antiseptic agent with broad-spectrum anti-microbial and antifungal activity.

Action

Firm contacted customers via phone and letter beginning April 12, 2017. Customers were instructed to remove the Ethicon BioPatch Protective Disk with CHG from the kit(s) and return it to the firm. The firm would provide a sterile replacement BioPatch. Affected product will be destroyed.

Distribution

CA, NM

Quantity

144 kits