Reported Apr 22, 2020 · Terminated

Portex LineDraw Arterial Blood Sampling Syringe with Dry Lithium Heparin for Gases and Electrolytes

Smiths Medical ASD, 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: Smiths Medical ASD, Inc. · 10 Bowman Dr · Keene, NH · 03431-5043

Is this the product you have?

  • Portex LineDraw Arterial Blood Sampling Syringe with Dry Lithium Heparin for Gases and Electrolytes
Lot codes and dates
  • Portex LineDraw
  • Arterial Blood Sampling SyringeItem Number Lot Number
    • 4042-2
    • 3848838
    • 4042-2
    • 3848878
    • 4042-2
    • 3856950
    • 4042-2
    • 3859774
    • 4042LH
    • 3856958
    • 4042LH
    • 3859747
Amount recalled
720,100 total devices

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

Why it was recalled

Portex Pro-Vent and LineDraw Arterial Blood Sampling syringes may have broken luers.

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 Dec 14, 2020 · Data as of Sep 19, 4:53 PM UTC

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