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Event 87945

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
May 17, 2021
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class I
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Smiths Medical ASD Inc.

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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JELCO HYPODERMIC NEEDLE-PRO FIXED NEEDLE INSULIN SYRINGE: a) 1.0mL 28G X 1/2" (0.33mm x 13mm), REF 4428-1 b) 1.0mL 29G X 1/2" (0.33mm x 13mm), REF 4429-1

Z-1798-2021
Recall number
Z-1798-2021
Initiated
May 17, 2021
Classification
Class I
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
Smiths Medical ASD Inc.
Quantity
1,432,200 units

App-derived interpretation

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Specific models and lot numbers of the Jelco Hypodermic Needle-Pro Fixed Needle Insulin Syringe 29Gx1/2 odd number line graduation markings on the syringe barrel were skewed approximately 20 degrees upward.

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Reason for recall

Specific models and lot numbers of the Jelco Hypodermic Needle-Pro Fixed Needle Insulin Syringe 29Gx1/2 odd number line graduation markings on the syringe barrel were skewed approximately 20 degrees upward.

Code information

a) REF 4428-1, Lot Numbers: 4046543 and 4062235 b) REF 4429-1, Lot Numbers: 4031846, 4031845, 4040734, 4043536, 4046545, 4046546, 4062239, 4062240, 4062238, 4062242, 4014096

Distribution pattern

Worldwide distribution - US Nationwide and the countries of UK, Spain.