—#132116

Product

Multi-Lumen PI CVC Kit and PSI Kit: 3-L 7 FR X 8 product code: ASK-45703-POSU lot #23F13L0166, exp. 31-Jul-2015: Product Usage: Multi-Lumen PI CVC Kit: An intravascular catheter is a device that consists of a slender tube and any necessary connecting fittings and that is inserted into the patients vascular system for short term use (less than 30 days) to sample blood, monitor blood pressure, or administer fluids intravenously. The device may be constructed of metal, rubber, plastic, or a combination of these materials. PSI Kit: A catheter introducer is a sheath used to facilitate placing a catheter through the skin into a vein or artery.

FDA product code: FOZ — Catheter, Intravascular, Therapeutic, Short-Term Less Than 30 Days
Device class: Class 2
Medical specialty: General Hospital
510(k) numbers: K071538
Affected lot / code info: Multi-Lumen PI CVC Kit: 3-L 7 FR X 8 product code: ASK-45703-POSU lot #23F13L0166, exp. 31-Jul-2015 PSI Kit: 8.5 FR X 4-1/8 (10 CM), product code ASK-09803-OSU2 , lot #23F14C1014, exp. 31-Aug-2015:

Why it was recalled

the Instructions for Use (IFU) were inadvertently removed from the kit.

Root cause (FDA determination)

Labeling False and Misleading

Action the firm took

An Urgent Medical Device Corrective Action Notification letter, dated December 16, 2014, was sent to Owens & Minor, 1605 Worldwide Blvd., Hebron, KY 41048-8653, instructing them to immediately discontinue distribution and quarantine any products, use customer letter and Corrective Action Acknowledgement Form templates to communicate this corrective action to any of thier customers that have received product included within the scope of the corrective action, and to have their customers return a completed Corrective Action Acknowledgement Form outlining their remaining inventory of the affected product codes and lot numbers for which replacement IFUs is needed.

Recalling firm

Firm: Arrow International Inc
Address: 2400 Bernville Road, Reading, Pennsylvania 19605

Distribution

Distribution pattern: In the state of KY

Timeline

Recall initiated: 2014-12-16
Posted by FDA: 2015-01-22
Terminated: 2015-08-10
Status: —

Source: openFDA Device Recall endpoint. Recall record ID #132116. The FDA issues recall classifications as health-hazard assessments, not legal findings; for legal claims consult a licensed attorney.