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Event 79296

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
October 12, 2017
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Covidien LLC

Dossier provenance

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  • 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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Situate Gauze RF and X-Ray detectable. Product Number: G0804-16P02CN-1 Situate premium cotton are single use cotton disposable that must be used with the Situate delivery system. The disposable have an attached RF Tag, which is an electrically passive inductor like device that is sewn into the green pouch that you will see on all Situate premium cotton. When activated by magnetic impulses from the scanning devices, the tag resonates a signal that allows for the detection of these cotton disposable.

Z-1130-2018
Recall number
Z-1130-2018
Initiated
October 12, 2017
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
Covidien LLC
Quantity
20,800

App-derived interpretation

Manufacturing or process control reason.manufacturing_process_control · v1.0.0
manufacturing error

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Reason for recall

This voluntary recall is being conducted due to the potential for failure to detect the affected Situate" gauze - RF and Xray detectable products by the Situate" detection console due to a manufacturing error.

Code information

Lot Number: 170704A UDI: 20884521700861

Distribution pattern

U.S.