Reported Jul 25, 2018 · Terminated

PROLENE SUTURE BLUE 4X90CM M1.5 USP 4/0 DA RB-1 +P, D5981

Ethicon, 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: Ethicon, Inc. · Us Highway 22 West · Somerville, NJ · 08876

Is this the product you have?

  • PROLENE SUTURE BLUE 4X90CM M1.5 USP 4/0 DA RB-1 +P, D5981
Lot codes and dates
    • KGJ667
    • KJJ690
    • KMH714
    • KPP499
    • LBJ528
    • LCJ143
    • LPJ095
    • MDH288
Amount recalled
1728

This recall covers 19 products

The agency filed one notice per product. You are reading one of them; the other 18 are below.

6 more are in the archive.

Where it was sold

Why it was recalled

The needle associated with certain suture product codes has the potential to perforate the packaging due to a packaging design issue. A perforated package has the potential to cause a soft tissue injury to a healthcare professional handling the subject product or a patient infection due to a breach of sterility within the packaging if it goes unnoticed by the healthcare professional.

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 Jun 8, 2020 · Data as of Sep 19, 6:47 PM UTC

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