Reported Dec 27, 2023 · Ongoing

Injection Needle, curved 23 cm, REF: 8598A; Injection Needle, straight, 23 cm, REF: 8598B; Injection Needle, distal…

Karl Storz Endoscopy

Moderate riskThis product could cause temporary or reversible health problems — stop using it.

What you should do

Stop using the affected lot and contact the recalling firm for the return or refund process. Check the FDA enforcement report for lot-level detail.

Firm contact: Karl Storz Endoscopy · 2151 E Grand Ave · El Segundo, CA · 90245-5017

Is this the product you have?

  • Injection Needle, curved 23 cm
  • REF8598A; Injection Needle, straight, 23 cm
  • REF
    • 8598B
    • Injection Needle
    • distal 45-degrees
    • 23 cm
  • REF8598D
Lot codes and dates
  • REF/UDI-DI
    • 8598A/04048551213278
    • 8598B/04048551001462
    • 8598D/04048551213285 All lot numbers
Amount recalled
4,878

This recall covers 5 products

The agency filed one notice per product. You are reading one of them; the other 4 are below.

Where it was sold

Why it was recalled

The efficacy of the manual cleaning process cannot be assured for the affected injection needles intended for general surgery and visceral surgery, which if used, may expose the patient to a higher risk of infection.

This product could cause temporary or reversible health problems — stop using it.

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Where this came from

Source: U.S. Food & Drug Administration (openFDA)

Read the FDA (openFDA device enforcement) notice

Data as of Sep 19, 5:31 PM UTC

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