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Algerbrush-II Product Usage: Medical - For surgeons to use in ophthalmic surgical procedures to remove foreign bodies from the eye of the patient

Z-0983-2017

October 12, 2016

Class II

Product summary

Firm
Bausch & Lomb, Inc.
Event
Event 75915
Status
Terminated
Classification
Class II
Quantity
2487 units Domestic (USA), 1,211 units Foreign (outside USA)
Official record key
device-enforcement:Z-0983-2017

Official wording

Reason: According to firm ( Bausch & Lomb, Inc. ) on June 17, 2016 a packaging operator notified his supervisor he had not placed the operating instruction into the last repackaging of SKU 0816 C (Pterygium Burr Medium Diamond). Further investigation found that repackaged Algerbrush-II and its accessories from April 30, 2012 to present, contained out of date operating instruction. Therefore Bausch & Lomb is proposing a Field Correction to provide customer purchasing product from April 30, 2012 to June 20, 2016 with the current operating instruction.

Code information: LOT #(s) AND EXPIRATION DATES, SERIAL #(s), ORDER #, or OTHER IDENTIFICATION #(s): SKU E0815 A, SKU E0815 B, SKU E0815 0.5, SKU E0815 1.0 and SKU E0816 C

Distribution pattern: Worldwide Distribution - US Nationwide

Derived failure modes

  • Unknown

    reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0

    According to firm ( Bausch & Lomb, Inc. ) on June 17, 2016 a packaging operator notified his supervisor he had not placed the operating instruction into the last repackaging of SKU 0816 C (Pterygium Burr Medium Diamond). Further investigation found that repackaged Algerbrush-II and its accessories from April 30, 2012 to present, contained out of date operating instruction. Therefore Bausch & Lomb is proposing a Field Correction to provide customer purchasing product from April 30, 2012 to June 20, 2016 with the current operating instruction.

Field note

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