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Event 73009

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
December 04, 2015
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Steris Corporation

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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Quick Connects. Steris Corporation. Model numbers: QKC1736E, QKC1736INT, QKC1737E, and QKC1737INT. Each Quick Connect contains a flow unit consisting of tubing, tethers, and adapters. For sterilant and rinse water used in endoscope washers.

Z-1180-2016
Recall number
Z-1180-2016
Initiated
December 04, 2015
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
Steris Corporation
Quantity
809 units

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
The firm discovered that one of the hysteroscope models listed for processing in four existing Quick Connects has one inlet port rather than two inlet ports as indicated in the Quick Connect processing instructions.

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

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Reason for recall

The firm discovered that one of the hysteroscope models listed for processing in four existing Quick Connects has one inlet port rather than two inlet ports as indicated in the Quick Connect processing instructions.

Code information

All Lots. Model numbers: QKC1736E, QKC1736INT, QKC1737E, and QKC1737INT.

Distribution pattern

Worldwide distribution. US nationwide, Australia, Bahrain, Bulgaria, Canada, Greece, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, Qatar, Russia, Spain, and United Kingdom.