Reported Mar 19, 2014 · Terminated

Smith & Nephew RENASYS-AB Abdominal Dressing Kit with Soft Port REF #'s: 66800980 (The RENASYS Soft Port Dressing Kits…

Smith & Nephew Inc.

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: Smith & Nephew Inc. · 970 Lake Carillon Dr · Saint Petersburg, FL · 33716-1130

Is this the product you have?

  • Smith & Nephew RENASYS-AB Abdominal Dressing Kit with Soft Port REF #'s: 66800980 (The RENASYS Soft Port Dressing Kits are used in conjunction with negative pressure wound therapy pumps)
Lot codes and dates
  • ALL LOT #'s 2013010287 and lower
Amount recalled
28,250 individual units

This recall covers 6 products

The agency filed one notice per product. You are reading one of them; the other 5 are below.

Where it was sold

Why it was recalled

Reports of wound fluid and /or blood that were not evacuated from beneath the wound dressing and the pump blockage alarm did not activate has been associated with inadequate Soft Port sealing at the wound site or improper positioning of the Soft Port orifice over the wound contact dressing drape. Inadequate sealing can result in air leaks and contribute to inefficient fluid evacuation from the wo

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 Sep 26, 2014 · Data as of Sep 19, 5:32 PM UTC

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