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Event 61769

2 recalled-product records grouped only because every row carries this exact official event ID.

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
April 12, 2012
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Becton Dickinson & Co.

Dossier provenance

Source snapshots represented here

  • openFDA Device Enforcement Report-date coverage June 20, 2012–July 08, 2026 Known gap: openFDA describes 2004-present coverage, but the current export has no report-date records in this interval.
  • openFDA Device Recall event_date_initiated coverage June 01, 1997–June 30, 2026

Enforcement coverage uses report dates; product initiation dates can precede those bounds. Device-enrichment coverage uses FDA event_date_initiated.

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device · product 1 of 2

BD Gram Stain Kit, containing 1- 250 mL bottle of Gram Crystal Violet, and additional reagents: Gram Iodine (Stabilized), Gram Decolorizer, Gram Safranin. Gram Stain Kits and Reagents are used to stain microorganisms from cultures or specimens by the differential Gram method.

Z-2031-2012
Recall number
Z-2031-2012
Initiated
April 12, 2012
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
Becton Dickinson & Co.
Quantity
539 kits

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
Potential for increase level of artifacts to appear as large, spherical and easy to distinguish or small & more difficult to distinguish from gram positive cocci.

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

Official device-enrichment evidence · Sourced

Material/Component Contamination

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Reason for recall

Potential for increase level of artifacts to appear as large, spherical and easy to distinguish or small & more difficult to distinguish from gram positive cocci.

Code information

Lot 1348873, Exp April 30, 2013

Distribution pattern

Nationwide Distribution.

device · product 2 of 2

Gram Crystal Violet 250 mL, catalog #212525, in cartons of 4 bottles. Gram Stain Kits and Reagents are used to stain microorganisms from cultures or specimens by the differential Gram method.

Z-2032-2012
Recall number
Z-2032-2012
Initiated
April 12, 2012
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
Becton Dickinson & Co.
Quantity
878 cartons/ 3512 bottles

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
Potential for increase level of artifacts to appear as large, spherical and easy to distinguish or small & more difficult to distinguish from gram positive cocci.

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

Official device-enrichment evidence · Sourced

Material/Component Contamination

Compare all device evidence states

Inspect official wording and provenance

Reason for recall

Potential for increase level of artifacts to appear as large, spherical and easy to distinguish or small & more difficult to distinguish from gram positive cocci.

Code information

Lots 1325324 Exp May 31,2013 and 2011746, Exp July 31,2013

Distribution pattern

Nationwide Distribution.

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