Recall StatusTerminated
Date Initiated2020-01-07
Date Terminated2020-12-14
Product Quantity127,700 total devices
Reason for Recall
Lots of Smiths Medical Portex Pro-Vent and LineDraw Arterial Blood Sampling syringes may have broken luers.
Firm Action
The firm initiated the recall by letter on January 07, 2020. The "Urgent Medical Device Recall Notice", identified the removal of devices and instructed the customer to quarantine the affected products. The Notice provided the accompanying Recall Response Form to be completed and returned within 10 days of receipt to
[email protected]. The Notice details that the affected product must be returned to Stericycle for processing. The Notice instructed the distributor to notify their customers and to provide the customer a copy of the Recall Notice and Response Form. The Notice provided the contact email
[email protected] and phone number of 8669188738 for assistance.
Root Cause
Process control
Distribution Pattern
USA: AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, LA, MA, MD, MI,MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NJ, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA.
Int'l: CA, DE, AU.
Related FDA 510(k) Records
Devices referenced by this recall via K-numbers.
Official Source
View FDA Recall →Source: FDA Enforcement Report / Recall database. Always confirm against the official FDA record.