—#154076

Product

Vacutainer Tubes Vacutainer tubes are intended for clinical laboratory hematology studies including but not limited to lead level testing, FEP level testing, and CBC testing.

FDA product code: OKV — Obstetrical Kit
Device class: Class 2
Medical specialty: Obstetrics/Gynecology
Affected lot / code info: Part Number/Product Number ILEY029-01 ULKY005-14 LOUS015-03 DNAZ017-01 ILEY029-02 SERA003-07 TENN016-05 DONS008-05 EVER007 SERA005-07 LANC029-06 STLM007-10 CCHM024-03 Part Number/Product Number LANC015-27 CCHM027-04 STLM003-11 ABIN137-01 ABIN110-01 LANC015-28 MONT045-03 ILEY003-53 NAFB015-07 ILEY014-21 ILEY034-04 ILEY034-05 Part Number/Product Number AV10654-10 ILEY014-22 EVER010 EVER001 SOHS016-03 SSHH118-03 SSHH117-06 SOHS017-03 HCMH009-05 WIME023-08 TUFT040-05 Part Number/Product Number TUFT039-08 HCMH009-06 GIFT022-01 TUFT040-06 PCHM004-07 HLDH008-04 WHWC005-17 PCHM008-04 LANC015-25 PCHM011-03

Why it was recalled

Avid Medical Inc has received a complaint was received from an end-user indicating the vacutainer component 519700 (BD: 367863) expiring 12/16 was discovered inside of a kit labelled with an expiration date after 12/16. Upon receipt of complaint, AVID Medical promptly initiated an internal investigation and root cause analysis. Investigation found mixed component lots were contained in product 519700 component case. This occurrence resulted in the incorrect lot number and expiration being attributed to all work orders produced using the affected component. This issue was immediately contained and corrected. A full inventory analysis was conducted reviewing all vacutainer component inventories. The issue was found to affect a total of five vacutainer components.

Root cause (FDA determination)

Employee error

Action the firm took

Avid Medical has identified all impacted products along with distribution centers and end-users as addressed in the tables supplied within this notification. An urgent medical device notice of correction will be issued to alert end-users about the inaccurate expiration date on convenience kits containing the vacutainer component(s) (See attachment). A correction response form will be used to effectively manage all distributer/end-user confirmation of required actions (See attachment). Avid Medical will make three attempts to confirm appropriate actions have been taken and acknowledged by each distributer/end-user for all affected product remaining in inventory. End-users will be provided a label template or actual labels to affix to kits in their inventory to alert users to confirm the vacutainer component expiration date prior to component use. Replacement vacutainer components will be offered for accompanied use with the affected kits. Execution of the correction will be conducted with direct oversight of the associated Avid Medical account representative. Avid Medical has determined that a notification /correction is appropriate because the convenience kits are critical and customized to hospital needs. Most of the impacted kits are sterile and are built in a configuration which is customized to hospital operating procedures according to each hospitals indicated requirements; therefore, new kit production and rework of affected kits would result in lack of critical supplies for the affected end-users.

Recalling firm

Firm: Avid Medical, Inc.
Address: 9000 Westmont Dr, Toano, Virginia 23168-9351

Distribution

Distribution pattern: All products are distributed through distribution centers confined to the US. All end-users for these products are also solely located in the US.

Timeline

Recall initiated: 2017-03-15
Posted by FDA: 2017-04-19
Terminated: 2017-09-07
Status: —

Source: openFDA Device Recall endpoint. Recall record ID #154076. The FDA issues recall classifications as health-hazard assessments, not legal findings; for legal claims consult a licensed attorney.