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Recall Observatory FDA recall evidence

Device product

Ethicon Fast Absorbing Plain Gut - MultiPass Needles, Sterile, Absorbable Surgical Suture, 5-0 (1.5 metric), 18" (45 cm), Conventional Cutting, Lot #JD6163, Exp: July 2019. Fast absorbing surgical gut suture is a strand of collagenous material prepared from the submucosal layers of the small intestine of healthy sheep, or from the serosal layers of the small intestine of healthy cattle. Fast absorbing surgical gut sutures are sterile and elecit only a slight to minimal tissue reaction during absorption.

Z-1839-2015

May 08, 2015

Class II

Product summary

Firm
Ethicon, Inc.
Event
Event 71373
Status
Terminated
Classification
Class II
Quantity
1,922 units
Official record key
device-enforcement:Z-1839-2015

Official wording

Reason: Ethicon Fast Absorbing Surgical Gut (Plain) Suture is being recalled because the labeling on the box and foil are incomplete.

Code information: Product Code: 1915G (box label); 1915 (Tyvek/Foil label) Product Lot #'s JC6395, JC6417, JCK328, JCK329, JCK384, JCK716, JCM669, JCM757, JCZ987, JC5020, JC6710, JCM535, JCK330, JCK460, JCM668, JC5629 and JCM475.

Distribution pattern: Worldwide Distribution -- US (nationwide) and Canada.

Derived failure modes

  • Labeling or packaging

    reason.labeling_packaging · v1.0.0

    labeling on the box and foil are incomplete