Quick Links: Skip to main page content Skip to Search Skip to Topics Menu Skip to Common Links
  • Decrease font size
  • Return font size to normal
  • Increase font size
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Class 2 Device Recall Zimmer Hemovac Wound Drainage Device Infection Control Kits

  • Print
  • Share
  • E-mail
-
Super Search Devices@FDA
510(k) | DeNovo | Registration & Listing | Adverse Events | Recalls | PMA | HDE | Classification | Standards
CFR Title 21 | Radiation-Emitting Products | X-Ray Assembler | Medsun Reports | CLIA | TPLC
 


New Search Back to Search Results
  Class 2 Device Recall Zimmer Hemovac Wound Drainage Device Infection Control Kits see related information
Date Initiated by Firm January 31, 2008
Date Posted April 09, 2008
Recall Status1 Terminated 3 on November 12, 2009
Recall Number Z-1448-2008
Recall Event ID 46792
Product Classification Wound Drainage Device Infection Control Kits - Product Code GCY
Product Zimmer Hemovac Wound Drainage Device Infection Control Kits, Catalog Number/REF: 00-2550-001-10, 400 ml INF. Cntrl. Kit w/ 3/32" drain, 2.4 mm, 7Fr, PVC, 107 cm, small, sterile, latex free, Rx only; Sold in packages of 10, which contain packages of 1 and 5; Zimmer U.K. Ltd., Swindon, Wiltshire, United Kingdom; Zimmer, Dover, Ohio.
Code Information Lot Numbers: 60009294, 60075254, 60101562, 60156041, 60215686, 60271994, 60314032, 60389073, 60440024, 60506573 and 60590575.
Recalling Firm/
Manufacturer		 Zimmer Inc.
345 E Main St
Warsaw IN 46580-2746
For Additional Information Contact
330-365-3793
Manufacturer Reason
for Recall		 Leakage: The kits may disassemble at the fluid collection port, which would present a risk of exposure to blood borne pathogens to health care providers should it occur during use.
FDA Determined
Cause 2		 Process control
Action Consignees were notified via Urgent Infection Control Recall letter dated 1/31/08 to examine their inventory and return the recalled lots. Custom kit packers were instructed in the same letter to recall these products/lots from their own customers.
Quantity in Commerce 34,354 for Recalls Z-1448/1458-2008
Distribution Worldwide-USA, Australia, Canada, Colombia, Denmark, Dubai, Italy, Japan, Mexico and Singapore.
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.
-
-