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Terminated

Portex Lumbar Puncture Tray. Anesthesia Conduction Kit. 4826PL-20 - Product Usage: Portex lumbar puncture trays provide all the materials necessary to measure cerebrospinal fluid pressure and/or collect cerebrospinal fluid specimens. Key components include skin prep materials, lancet-point needle, manometer with stopcock and extension set, and specimen vials.

FDA Recall Z-1820-2020 · Posted None

Recall StatusTerminated
Product CodeCAZ
Date Initiated2020-02-28
Date Terminated2021-09-01
Product Quantity100 units.

Reason for Recall

Cases of Portex Lumbar Puncture Tray Child, SKU #4826PL-20 had been mislabeled with invalid information. The product was correct, but the inner trays were labeled as 4824PL-20 instead of 4826PL-20.

Firm Action

Smiths Medical notified customers on 03/21/2020 via "urgent Medical Device Recall" letter. The letter identified the affected product and instructed to customers to quarantine and return the affected product. The firm also instructed the customers to notify their customers if the affected product was further distributed.

Root Cause

Labeling mix-ups

Distribution Pattern

US Nationwide distribution in the states of MA, MD, MO and IN.

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.

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