Reported Apr 22, 2020 · Terminated

Portex ProVent Arterial Blood Sampling Kit 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 ProVent Arterial Blood Sampling Kit with Dry Lithium Heparin for Gases and Electrolytes
Lot codes and dates
  • Portex
  • Pro-Vent Arterial Blood Sampling KitItem Number Lot Number
    • G1724
    • 3859779
    • G1702
    • 3863522
    • 4599P-1
    • 3859751
    • 4599P-1
    • 3862142
    • 4599P-1
    • 3863544
    • 4599P-1
    • 3863545
    • 4599P-1
    • 3869581
    • G1665
    • 3856947
    • 4588P-2
    • 3862145
    • 4558PE
    • 3859727
Amount recalled
127,700 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

Lots of Smiths Medical 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, 4:51 PM UTC

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