Reported Jun 20, 2012 · Terminated

T4-Hytrel Zipper Toga Product Usage - The togas are intended to provide a barrier between the operating room and the…

Stryker Instruments Div. of Stryker Corporation

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: Stryker Instruments Div. of Stryker Corporation · 4100 E Milham Ave · Portage, MI · 49002-9704

Is this the product you have?

  • T4-Hytrel Zipper Toga Product Usage - The togas are intended to provide a barrier between the operating room and the members of the surgical team in order to help protect against contamination and/or exposure of infectious body fluids and harmful microorganisms.
Lot codes and dates
    • Part 0400-821-000
    • 0400-841-000
    • and 0400-851-000 all lots
Amount recalled
16, 846 (last 3 years) 35,492 all years

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

The clear tape, that is intended to aid in the prevention of patients fluids from contacting the surgeon/surgical staff through the sleeve seam of the toga, was not applied during the manufacturing process. Stryker has received 5 complaints associated with the defective seams which allowed bleed through of bodily fluids.

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 Apr 14, 2014 · Data as of Sep 19, 5:25 PM UTC

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