Class 2 Device Recall Thermoflect

• Date Initiated by Firm: December 23, 2009
• Date Posted: March 22, 2010
• Recall Status: Terminated on October 27, 2010
• Recall Number: Z-1175-2010
• Recall Event ID: 54134
• Product Classification: blankets and warming accessories - Product Code FME
• Product: Thermoflect Product Line including items for adults and pediatrics.
• Code Information: All Thermoflect items, all codes.
• Recalling Firm/ Manufacturer: Encompass Group LLC; 615 Macon St; Mcdonough GA 30253-3531
• For Additional Information Contact: Jea R. Gackowski; 770-626-2015
• Manufacturer Reason for Recall: The products are not compatible for use in the Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) environment.
• FDA Determined Cause: Other
• Action: A press release distributed through specialized news media, and trade magazines, on/about 12/26/2009. The press release was also posted on the thermoflect.com website. Letters were sent via first class mail to customers, hospitals and doctors in radiology on/about 12/23/2009. In addition to the written notification to the user institutions, Encompass provided adhesive labels sent along with the letter notification. The notice instructed that the labels should be affixed to remaining inventories of the products(s), specifically to the individual package, which holds 5 blankets and to the outermost packaging or carton. The label reads Not for use in MRI, and a symbol showing a circle with a diagonal line through the letters MR. Thermoflect product literature has been quarantine at this time. Instructions were provided showing where the labels where the labels were to be affixed. Encompass also provided a poster indicating the products are for use in the MR environment which is to be displayed in the MR area. All new product literature will indicate that the product is not for ruse in the MR environment. Thermoflect sales representatives will visit with each user institution to confirm their receipt of the recall notice and to be available to answer any question concerning the recall. The sales representatives all of whom have been briefed on the recall strategy will be available to provide training for Radiation Safety Officers and radiology staff, if requested. Following the recall notice, Encompass will conduct Effectiveness Checks to assure that all purchasers/users of the Thermoflect product have been notified and have taken appropriate action to notify their radiology centers and staff. The Encompass recall team will maintain records of the contacts for review by the FDA. A Status Report on the effectiveness of the recall effort will be filed with the Atlanta District Office on a monthly basis until the recall is terminated.
• Quantity in Commerce: 700,000 units (of various product lines)
• Distribution: AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV and WY and Switzerland.
• Total Product Life Cycle: TPLC Device Report

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.