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Event 68387

1 recalled-product record grouped only because every row carries this exact official event ID.

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
May 23, 2014
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Teleflex Medical

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 1

RUSCH, LaserTube (Rubber), Laser Resistant Tracheal Tube, cuffed, Teleflex Medical, Willy-Rusch, GmbH. A tracheal tube is a device inserted into a patient's trachea via the nose or mouth and used to maintain an open airway.

Z-1851-2014
Recall number
Z-1851-2014
Initiated
May 23, 2014
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
Teleflex Medical
Quantity
1658 ea

App-derived interpretation

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Although the Natural Rubber Latex caution symbol is clearly displayed on the product label, the accompanying caution statement "Caution: This product contains Natural Rubber Latex which may cause Allergic Reactions" was not printed on the product label.

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

Official device-enrichment evidence · Sourced

Error in labeling

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Reason for recall

Although the Natural Rubber Latex caution symbol is clearly displayed on the product label, the accompanying caution statement "Caution: This product contains Natural Rubber Latex which may cause Allergic Reactions" was not printed on the product label.

Code information

Product Code: 102004040, Lot #13371, 13381, 13291, 13281, 13251 & 13231; Product Code: 102004050, Lot #13461, 13441, 13401, 13431, 13421, 13381, 13371, 1329, 13301, 13311, 13361, 13261, 13231, 13251 & 13241; Product Code: 102004060, Lot #13441, 13451, 13431, 13411, 13381, 13361, 13311, 13301, 13281, 13271, 13261, 13241 & 13231; Product Code: 102004070, Lot #13441, 13421, 13381, 13351, 13291, 13311, 13271 & 13261; Product Code: 102004070, Lot #13251 & 13241; and Product Code: 102004080, Lot #13371, 13301 & 13251.

Distribution pattern

Nationwide Distribution and the country of Colombia.