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Exact FDA event identifier

Event 80829

2 recalled-product records grouped only because every row carries this exact official event ID.

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
June 22, 2018
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Smiths Medical ASD Inc.

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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2 official enforcement rows

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device · product 1 of 2

Aplicare Povidone Iodine Prep Pads packaged within Portex Pro-Vent Arterial Blood Sampling Kit with Dry Lithium Heparin for Gases and Electrolytes, models 4589P-1, 4591EG-1, 4591P-1, 4599P-1, 4611LH, 4611P-1, 4620EG-1, 4620P-1, 4640LH, 4640P-1, 4649P-1, 4660EG-1, 4660P-1, 4699LH, 4699P-1, G1325, G1412, G1481, G1509, G1548, G1581, G1586, G1602, G1627, G1632, G1634, G1671, G1675, G1716, G1724, G1773, and G1807. The firm name on the label is Smiths Medical ASD, Inc., Keene, NH.

Z-0842-2019
Recall number
Z-0842-2019
Initiated
June 22, 2018
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
Smiths Medical ASD Inc.
Quantity
Approx. 28,578,939 kits for both products

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
The povidone iodine prep pads packaged with the arterial blood sampling kits will not maintain the iodine potency through its labeled 36-month expiration dating.

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

Official device-enrichment evidence · Unknown

An exact joined enrichment record exists, but none supplies supported root-cause wording. This is not an FDA finding of an unknown cause.

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Reason for recall

The povidone iodine prep pads packaged with the arterial blood sampling kits will not maintain the iodine potency through its labeled 36-month expiration dating.

Code information

Product with expiration dates between 11/30/2016 and 5/31/2020.

Distribution pattern

Distribution was nationwide, including Puerto Rico. There was also military/government distribution. Foreign distribution was made to Canada, United Arab Emirates, Bahamas, Costa Rica, Latvia, and Saudi Arabia.

device · product 2 of 2

Aplicare Povidone Iodine Prep Pads packaged within Portex Pulsator Arterial Blood Sampling Kit with Liquid Sodium Heparin, models 4037NP-1, 4039-1, 4039EG-1, 4044EG-1, 4044P-1, 4057NP-1, 4067NP-1, 4077EG-1, 4077NP-1, 4084P-1, G1193, G1374, G1585, G1589, G1598, G1621, and G1806. The firm name on the label is Smiths Medical ASD, Inc., Keene, NH.

Z-0843-2019
Recall number
Z-0843-2019
Initiated
June 22, 2018
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
Smiths Medical ASD Inc.
Quantity
Approx. 28,578,939 kits for both products

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
The povidone iodine prep pads packaged with the arterial blood sampling kits will not maintain the iodine potency through its labeled 36-month expiration dating.

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

Official device-enrichment evidence · Unknown

An exact joined enrichment record exists, but none supplies supported root-cause wording. This is not an FDA finding of an unknown cause.

Compare all device evidence states

Inspect official wording and provenance

Reason for recall

The povidone iodine prep pads packaged with the arterial blood sampling kits will not maintain the iodine potency through its labeled 36-month expiration dating.

Code information

Product with expiration dates between 11/30/2016 and 5/31/2020.

Distribution pattern

Distribution was nationwide, including Puerto Rico. There was also military/government distribution. Foreign distribution was made to Canada, United Arab Emirates, Bahamas, Costa Rica, Latvia, and Saudi Arabia.