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Event 91129

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
October 27, 2022
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Ongoing
Recalling firm wording
Southmedic, Inc.

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

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Southmedic SAFETY CARTRIDGE WITH SOUTHMEDIC PLUS SURGICAL BLADE, REF 73-8020, STERILE EO

Z-0279-2023
Recall number
Z-0279-2023
Initiated
October 27, 2022
Classification
Class II
Status
Ongoing
Recalling firm
Southmedic, Inc.
Quantity
450 units

App-derived interpretation

Sterility assurance reason.sterility_assurance · v1.0.0
non-sterile product labelled as sterile

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

Official device-enrichment evidence · Unknown

An exact joined enrichment record exists, but none supplies supported root-cause wording. This is not an FDA finding of an unknown cause.

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Reason for recall

Upon review of its batch record, Southmedic identified that lot # W92761 was not sent out for sterilization, and was instead transferred directly to distribution where it was sold and distributed to customers as non-sterile product labelled as sterile.

Code information

GTIN 620974002628, Lot number: W92761

Distribution pattern

US Nationwide distribution in the state of IL.

Field note

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