ARROW IPN918398Recalls & reported problems
Teleflex Incorporated · Arrowg+ard Blue(R) MAC(TM) Two-Lumen Central Venous Access for use with 7.5 - 8 Fr. Catheters · Class 2
All models of ARROW (1494)
Data updated Oct 16, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy
- Adverse event reports
- 1
- Deaths reported
- 0
- Injuries reported
- 0
- Recalls naming it
- 0
Summary
The FDA's MAUDE database contains 1 adverse event report that list this exact device (DI 10801902179262), received between Apr 11, 2025 and Apr 11, 2025 — classified as 1 malfunction.
The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Delivered as Unsterile Product” (1 report).
10 other recalls cover devices cleared under the same FDA submission (K011761); they may or may not involve this specific model.
Reports come from manufacturers, hospitals and patients and are not verified by the FDA. A report does not prove the device caused the event, and counts can't be used to compare devices or estimate failure rates. What reports can and can't tell you · How this data works · Data updated Oct 16, 2026.
Reports received per month
Most reported problems
Device problems
- Delivered as Unsterile Product1
Patient problems
- Insufficient Information1
Recent adverse event reports
The 1 most recent of 1 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
MalfunctionApr 11, 2025Delivered as Unsterile Product; Delivered as Unsterile Product
IT WAS REPORTED "OUR RISK DEPARTMENT INSTRUCTED STAFF TO DELIVER UNOPENED PACKAGES TO THE MICROBIOLOGY DEPARTMENT FOR CULTURING. THE SAMPLES IN QUESTION WERE FROM TWO KITS OF THE SAME LOT NUMBER. UPON CULTURING, THE RESULTS SHOWED THE PRESENCE OF RALSTONIA INSIDIOSA IN ONE OF THE KITS."
Patient problems: Insufficient Information
MAUDE report 21824209 ↗
Recalls under the same FDA submission
These recalls involve devices cleared under K011761. One submission often covers many models, so check the product and lot details in each record.
- Z-2385-2026 · Apr 21, 2026 · Open, ClassifiedDescription/REF: ACCESS TRAY/GU-04020; PSI KIT: 8.5 FR/AK-09803-CDC; PSI KIT: 9 FR/AK-09903-CDC; PSI KIT: 8.5 FR X 4 IN (10 CM)/ASK-09810-PCMH1; PSI KIT: 9 FR X 10 CM/ASK-09903-KH;
- Z-2555-2019 · Aug 6, 2019 · Terminated8.5 Fr. X 10 cm ARROW+gard Blue PSI Kit Cath-Gard for use with 7.5 - 8 Fr.Catheters Product Code: CDC-29803-1A - Product Usage: The MACTM Two-Lumen Central Venous Access Device wit
- Z-1983-2018 · Apr 11, 2018 · TerminatedMAC(TM) Two-Lumen Central Venous Access Kit with ARROWg+ard Blue(R) Access Device, Integral Hemostasis Valve and Sharps Safety Features for use with 7.5 - 8 Fr. Catheters; Product
- Z-1324-2018 · Dec 22, 2017 · Terminated(1) ARROWg+ard Blue(R) MAC(TM) Two-Lumen Central Venous Access Kit for use with 7.5 - 8 Fr. Catheters, Product Number: ASK-21142-RH; (2) Arrowg+ard Blue(R) MAC(TM) Two-Lumen Centra
- Z-1002-2018 · Nov 27, 2017 · TerminatedARROWg+ard Blue Product Usage: The Arrow CVC is indicated to provide short-term (< 30 days) central venous access for treatment of diseases or conditions requiring central venous
- Z-1000-2018 · Nov 27, 2017 · TerminatedARROWg+ard Blue MAC" Two-Lumen Central Venous Access Kit Product Usage: The Arrow CVC is indicated to provide short-term (< 30 days) central venous access for treatment of disease
- Z-2333-2017 · May 9, 2017 · Terminated1) ARROWg+ard Blue MAC Two-Lumen Central Venous Access Kit 2) ARROWg+ard Blue PSI Kit 3) ARROWg+ard Blue MAC Two-Lumen Central Venous Access Kit 4) ARROWg+ard Blue PSI Kit The MACT
- Z-2825-2015 · Aug 27, 2015 · TerminatedArrow Kits with Medtronic Covidien 0.9% Sodium Chloride Flush Syringes
- Z-0066-2015 · Aug 6, 2014 · TerminatedArrow Select Kits (ASK) and Maximal Barrier Precautions Kits (CDC) with BD Medical Posiflush 10mL Saline Flush Syringe.
- Z-0783-2010 · Nov 24, 2009 · TerminatedMAC (TM) Two Lumen Central Venous Access Kit with ARROWg+ard Blue (R) Access Device, Integral Hemostasis Valve, Sharps Safety Features and Maximal Barrier Precautions for use with
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Sources and updates
- Device record: FDA GUDID, file dated Oct 13, 2026 · View this device in AccessGUDID ↗
- Adverse event reports: FDA MAUDE, file dated Oct 14, 2026 · each report above links to its original FDA record
- Recalls: FDA Medical Device Recalls, file dated Oct 16, 2026
- Page last rebuilt: Oct 16, 2026. Data downloaded through openFDA, which notes it is not validated for clinical or regulatory use.
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