Reported Aug 7, 2013 · Terminated

EZTest Steam Biological Indicator, SteriTec Product Code EZS and EZS-400 EZTest Steam Biological Indicator: Mesa EZTest…

Steritec Products Mfc. Co., 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: Steritec Products Mfc. Co., Inc. · 74 Inverness Drive East · Englewood, CO · 80112-5114

Is this the product you have?

  • EZTest Steam Biological Indicator, SteriTec Product Code EZS and EZS-400
  • EZTest Steam Biological IndicatorMesa EZTest Steam Biological Indicator is a self contained Biological Indicator intended for monitoring the efficacy of 121¿C, 132¿C, 134¿C and 135¿C steam sterilization cycles. Mesa EZTest has a recommended incubation time of 24 hours
Lot codes and dates
  • Affected Biological Indicator Lot No.: S-444
Amount recalled
14,900 units

This recall covers 8 products

The agency filed one notice per product. You are reading one of them; the other 7 are below.

Where it was sold

  • Nationwide

Why it was recalled

Mesa Labs, based out of Bozeman, MT, informed SteriTec Products, Inc. of a product recall involving the EZTest Steam and Smart-Read Biological Indicators (BI) because the readout time is not in specification with the label claims.

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 19, 2013 · Data as of Sep 19, 4:51 PM UTC

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