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Class 2 Device Recall CVS Pharmacy Plastic Sesame Street Adhesive Bandages |
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Date Initiated by Firm |
February 21, 2011 |
Date Posted |
April 01, 2011 |
Recall Status1 |
Terminated 3 on August 25, 2011 |
Recall Number |
Z-1875-2011 |
Recall Event ID |
58051 |
Product Classification |
tape and bandage, adhesive - Product Code KGX
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Product |
CVS Pharmacy Plastic Sesame Street Adhesive Bandages; a sterile, latex free, assorted sizes with multiple designs adhesive bandages; 20 bandages per box, 24 boxes per case; Distributed by: CVS Pharmacy, Inc., One CVS Drive, Woonsocket, RI 02895, Made in Egypt; REF CVS 826159, UPC 0 50428 95118 7
The device is used to cover and protect wounds.
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Code Information |
REF CVS 826159, UPC 0 50428 95118 7, lot number 10J10 |
Recalling Firm/ Manufacturer |
Pharmaplast S.A.E. Free Zone Factory POB 37 Amria Free Zone Kafr El Zayat, Gharbia Egypt
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Manufacturer Reason for Recall |
The bandages are labeled as sterile, but failed sterility testing.
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FDA Determined Cause 2 |
Process control |
Action |
Pharmaplast S.A.E. called the direct account on 2/17/11 and sent a Urgent Medical device recall letter dated 2/21/11 to the direct account via overnight mail, requesting that they examine their inventory for the non-sterile adhesive bandages and quarantine them for return to Pharmaplast via sea freight. The account was instructed to contact their customers concerning the recall and return their stocks of the affected lot, which was done by telephone calls on 2/17/11.
For questions regarding this Recall please call 00203-4500264 |
Quantity in Commerce |
5,336 cases |
Distribution |
Nationwide Distribution - Including Illinois. |
Total Product Life Cycle |
TPLC Device Report
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1 A record in this database is created when a firm initiates a correction or removal action. The record is updated if the FDA identifies a violation and classifies the action as a recall, and it is updated for a final time when the recall is terminated. Learn more about medical device recalls.
2 Per FDA policy, recall cause determinations are subject to modification up to the point of termination of the recall.
3 For details about termination of a recall see Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Title 21 §7.55.
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