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Terminated

ACUVUE ADVANCE Brand Contact Lenses with HYDRACLEAR, Soft, disposable contact lenses. The Vistakon (galyfilcon A) Contact Lens is indicated for daily wear for the correction of refractive ametropia (myopia and hyperopia) in aphakic or non-aphakic persons with non-diseased eyes who may have 1.00D of astigmatism or less.

FDA Recall Z-1336-2013 · Posted 2013-05-17

Recall StatusTerminated
Product CodeLPL
Date Initiated2012-12-21
Date Terminated2013-07-05
Product Quantity3546 lenses

Reason for Recall

Limited number of individual contact lens packages may not have been completely sealed.

Firm Action

The firm, Johnson & Johnson, Vision Care, Inc. sent a letter dated January 9, 2013 to all their consignees stating the following actions: " Please contact your patients that may have received any of the affected product and instruct them to discontinue use immediately and return product to you for replacement " Please return the enclosed Business Reply Card (BRCl confirming for our records that you have received this notice, and indicating whether or not you have in stock, or have distributed to patients, any product from the lots noted above. " Please return any remaining affected product in your possession using the enclosed pre-paid mailer. " Pass this notice on to anyone in your practice that needs to be informed " Customer service will arrange for the return and replacement of any affected product. If you have any questions and/or if replacement lenses are needed, please contact customer Service (1-800-87 4-5278).

Root Cause

Packaging

Distribution Pattern

Worldwide distribution: USA (nationwide) including states of: AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MO, NC, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI and Puerto Rico; and countries of: Austria, Belgium, Canada, Costa Rica, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Korea, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Norway, South Africa, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and United Kingdom.

Related FDA 510(k) Records

Devices referenced by this recall via K-numbers.

Official Source

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Source: FDA Enforcement Report / Recall database. Always confirm against the official FDA record.

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