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FDA device recall Z-0864-2011 · posted 2011-01-06 · Terminated

Recall details

Recalling firm
Medtronic CardioVascular
Reason for recall
Needles may fail to retract and thus cause injury.
Action taken
Medtronic sent an Urgent Medical Device Safety Information letter to all affected customers. The letter identified the product, the problem,and the action to be taken by the customer. Sales Representatives were to contact each account and complete an acknowledgement form indicating the Physicians had been notified. For questions regarding this recall customers were to contact their local representative.
Root cause
Nonconforming Material/Component
Status
Terminated
Product code
DQY
Quantity affected
1,080 units
Distribution
Worldwide Distribution - USA, Germany, Netherlands, Slovakia, and Spain
Date initiated
2010-04-30
Date posted
2011-01-06
Date terminated
2011-01-06
Location
Santa Rosa, CA

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