Reported Jan 29, 2014 · Terminated

Titanium Single Lumen Low-Profile port, with Pre-Attached open-Ended Silicone 6.6Fr Catheter. Product Code 0602180…

Bard Access Systems

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: Bard Access Systems · 605 North 5600 West · Salt Lake City, UT · 84116-3738

Is this the product you have?

  • Titanium Single Lumen Low-Profile port, with Pre-Attached open-Ended Silicone 6.6Fr Catheter
  • Product Code 0602180 UsageThe 6.6 Fr Open-Ended Single-Lumen venous catheters is packaged into various Bard Acess Systems finished goods as Attachable or Preconnected catheters in BardPort Implanted Port Kits These products are used for patient therapies requiring repeated access to the vascular system. They are indicated for infusion of medications, I.V. fluids, parenteral nutrition solutions, blood products, and for the withdrawal of blood samples. Subject ports are not indicated to Power Injection. Port access is performed by percutaneous needle insertion using a non-coring needle. The system
  • consists of two primary componentsan injection port with a self-sealing silicone septum and a radiopaque silicone catheter
Lot codes and dates
  • Lot REXC0467
Amount recalled
200

This recall covers 2 products

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

Where it was sold

  • Nationwide

Why it was recalled

Bard Access Systems is recalling various Low Profile Port with 6.6 Fr Single Lumen Broviac Catheter because a small number of Silicone catheters in the may be undersized to 5.3 Fr instead of 6.6 Fr as stated in the labeling for the device.

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

Notice updated Aug 5, 2014 · Data as of Sep 19, 5:27 PM UTC

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