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Event 67786

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
February 05, 2014
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Fisher Scientific 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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Fisherbrand Sterile Swabs, Calcium Alginate Fiber Tipped Aluminum Applicator Swab, .025 and .035 in Diameter, all lots, 100 per pack Fisherbrand Sterile Swabs, Calcium Alginate Fiber Tipped Plastic Applicator Swab, all lots, 100 per pack Fisherbrand Sterile Swabs, Calcium Alginate Fiber Tipped Wood Applicator Swab, all lots, 100 and 200 per pack culture collection and industrial surfaces

Z-1521-2014
Recall number
Z-1521-2014
Initiated
February 05, 2014
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
Fisher Scientific Co
Quantity
7430

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
A customer reported the presence of an organism in a lot of Calcium Alginate Fiber Tipped Wood Applicator Swab.

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Reason for recall

A customer reported the presence of an organism in a lot of Calcium Alginate Fiber Tipped Wood Applicator Swab.

Code information

all lots of article nos. 14-959-77, 14-959-78, 14-959-79, 14-959-81, 14-959-82, lots 60151, 61513, 61933, 62768, 63055, 60752, 61324, 62195, 63224, 60752, 62195, 61866, 62546, 8710, with expiration dates August 2014 through October 2015

Distribution pattern

Nationwide Distribution