Retiro De Equipo (Recall) de Device Recall Medline Steam Biological Indicators

Según U.S. Food and Drug Administration, este evento ( retiro de equipo (recall) ) involucró a un dispositivo médico en United States que fue producido por Steritec Products Mfc. Co., Inc..

¿Qué es esto?

Una corrección al equipo o acción de retiro tomada por el fabricante para abordar un problema con un dispositivo médico. Los retiros (recalls) ocurren cuando un dispositivo médico está defectuoso, cuando puede poner en riesgo la salud, o cuando simultáneamente está defectuoso y puede poner en riesgo la salud.

Más información acerca de la data acá
  • Tipo de evento
    Recall
  • ID del evento
    65473
  • Clase de Riesgo del Evento
    Class 2
  • Número del evento
    Z-1822-2013
  • Fecha de inicio del evento
    2013-06-10
  • Fecha de publicación del evento
    2013-07-29
  • Estado del evento
    Terminated
  • País del evento
  • Fecha de finalización del evento
    2013-12-19
  • Fuente del evento
    USFDA
  • URL de la fuente del evento
  • Notas / Alertas
    U.S. data is current through June 2018. All of the data comes from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, except for the category Manufacturer Parent Company.
    The Parent Company was added by ICIJ.
    The parent company information is based on 2017 public records.
  • Notas adicionales en la data
    Indicator, biological sterilization process - Product Code FRC
  • Causa
    Mesa labs, based out of bozeman, mt, informed steritec products, inc. of a product recall involving the eztest steam and smart-read biological indicators (bi) because the readout time is not in specification with the label claims.
  • Acción
    The firm, SteriTec, sent all customers recall notifications via e-mail. The e-mail included a .pdf file of the recall notification letter entitled "URGENT: MEDICAL DEVICE RECALL" dated June 11, 2013. The letter described the product, problem and actions to be taken. The letter also informed customers of MesaLabs, "URGENT: MEDICAL DEVICE RECALL" letter dated June 7, 2013 to its customers. The customers were instructed to notify SteriTec products of receipt of this notification via email at: Jon@SteriTecproducts.com or fax to: 303-660-4213 Attn: Director Regulatory Affairs; examine the lot number printed on the packaging components; place affected items in hold and do not sell or distribute these lots; record inventory of all items remaining in your warehouse and all items that have been distributed; advise SteriTec of the status of all inventory you received used or unused, if you have distributed the affected product to other locations within your healthcare system, notify them immediately of this recall, ask them to provide inventory status and proceed with destruction or return via instructions provided in letter-If you have shipping questions, please contact SteriTec directly at 303-660-4201, or email us at: Info@SteriTecproducts.com, and also provide this notice to anyone in your facility that needs to be informed. Should you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact Director of Regulatory Affairs and Quality Assurance or our offices at 303-660-4201. SteriTec's hours of operation are 7:30am Mountain Standard Time (MST) through 5:00pm MST.

Device

  • Modelo / Serial
    Affected Biological Indicator Lot No.: S-444
  • Clasificación del producto
  • Clase de dispositivo
    2
  • ¿Implante?
    No
  • Distribución
    Worldwide distribution: US (Nationwide) and countries of: Argentina, Australia, Canada, British Virgin Island, Czech Republic, Italy, and Turkey.
  • Descripción del producto
    Medline Steam Biological Indicators, SteriTec Product Code PL 353, Distributor Product Code MDS200525 || EZTest Steam Biological Indicator: Mesa EZTest Steam Biological Indicator is a self contained Biological Indicator intended for monitoring the efficacy of 121¿C, 132¿C, 134¿C and 135¿C steam sterilization cycles. Mesa EZTest has a recommended incubation time of 24 hours.
  • Manufacturer

Manufacturer

  • Dirección del fabricante
    Steritec Products Mfc. Co., Inc., 74 Inverness Drive East, Englewood CO 80112-5114
  • Empresa matriz del fabricante (2017)
  • Source
    USFDA