Reported Sep 2, 2020 · Ongoing
Flexible Intubation Fiberscope, Part: 11301BN1, with Instruction Manual: Z18441US - Product Usage: are intended to be…
Karl Storz Endoscopy
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: Karl Storz Endoscopy · 2151 E Grand Ave · El Segundo, CA · 90245-5017
Is this the product you have?
- Flexible Intubation Fiberscope
- Part11301BN1
- with Instruction ManualZ18441US -
- Product Usageare intended to be used for examination and visualization of a patient s upper airway and for aiding placement of an endotracheal tube
- Lot codes and dates
- Instruction Manual Version08/2018
- Amount recalled
- 1246
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
Why it was recalled
Updated sterilization instructions are being provided to ensure 1) a specific sterilization tray is not used, and 2) ethylene oxide sterilization is never used on certain reusable flexible intubation endoscopes with total lumen lengths greater than 850mm. Incompletely sterilized endoscopes might introduce infectious agents into patient airways, resulting in infection.
This product could cause temporary or reversible health problems — stop using it.
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