CARDINAL HEALTH JP-2229Recalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 5 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 10885380182617), received between Aug 23, 2022 and Jul 23, 2024 — classified as 5 injuries.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Break” (2 reports).

1 FDA recall record name this device's identifier, 1 still open.

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 18, 2026.

Recalls naming this device

1. Dec 14, 2022Class IIOpen, Classified

   Cardinal Health recently received multiple complaints regarding various performance issues with Cardinal Health Jackson-Pratt Channel Drains including lack of radiopacity in wound drains, dull trocars impacting product performance, lack of flexibility of wound drains, and broken wound tips.

   Z-0987-2023 · Root cause: Unknown/Undetermined by firm · Recall details · FDA record ↗

Most reported problems

Recent adverse event reports

The 5 most recent of 5 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

• InjuryJul 23, 2024Break; Break

  MW (B)(4) : THE PA (PHYSICIAN¿S ASSISTANT) CAREFULLY REMOVED THE SUTURE FIRST, NOTING THE TUBING WAS NOT CUT, MADE SURE TO LET OUT ALL SUCTION BEFORE REMOVING. AS DRAIN WAS BEING REMOVED, SLIGHT TYPICAL RESISTANCE, BELIEVED TO BE THE SLIGHTLY LARGER PORTION OF THE DRAIN WAS NOTED. TUBING WAS COMING OUT AS INTENDED AND THEN UPON EXAMINATION, THE DRAIN WAS NOTED TO HAVE A FRAYED EDGE. PA IMMEDIATELY ESCALATED TO ATTENDING WHO ASSESSED AREA AND ORDERED A CT TO EVALUATE RETAINED DRAIN. PATIENT UNDERWENT INCISION AND REMOVAL OF THE RETAINED FOREIGN BODY. PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED WITHOUT COMPLICATIONS AND THE PATIENT WAS DISCHARGED HOME. TO REMOVE THE RETAINED FOREIGN BODY, PATIENT UNDERWENT 2CM PROXIMAL AND DISTAL INCISIONS THEN THE ENTIRE INCISION WAS OPENED AS THE DRAIN WAS NOT EASILY IDENTIFIED FOLLOWED BY REMOVAL OF THE RETAINED FOREIGN BODY (RFB) UNDER MONITORED ANESTHESIA CARE (MAC).

  Patient problems: Foreign Body In Patient

  MAUDE report 19812391 ↗
• InjuryJun 8, 2023Break; Break

  CUSTOMER REPORTED THAT PER THE NEUROSURGEON, THE ORDER WAS GIVEN TO REMOVE JP DRAIN ON LOWER BACK PRIOR TO DISCHARGE. AS THE JP DRAIN TUBE WAS BEING PULLED OUT, THERE WAS SOME RESISTANCE. WHEN THE RN PULLED THE TUBING, THE END OF THE TUBING WAS FRAGMENTED. IMAGING WAS PERFORMED TO CONCLUDE THAT THE REMAINING PIECE WAS STILL IN PATIENT. NO FURTHER INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED.

  Patient problems: Insufficient Information

  MAUDE report 17092742 ↗
• InjurySep 16, 2022Difficult to Remove; Difficult to Remove

  CUSTOMER REPORTED WE HAVE HAD MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS FROM SURGEONS THAT THEY ARE HAVING TROUBLE REMOVING THE DRAIN POST-OP AS WELL AS PROBLEMS AFTER THE DRAIN IS REMOVED. ONE PATIENT WAS BROUGHT BACK TO THE OR AFTER REMOVING THEIR DRAIN. PATIENT HAD A BREAST PROCEDURE AND HAD THE DRAIN PLACED FOR 8 DAYS AND WHEN THE PHYSICIAN WAS REMOVING THE DRAIN 8 DAYS LATER, THEY HAD DIFFICULTY DOING SO AND IT CAUSED THE TISSUE EXPANDER TO FLIP. THE PATIENT WAS TAKEN BACK TO SURGERY UNDER GENERAL ANESTHESIA TO HAVE THE EXPANDER REPLACED. PATIENT DID FINE AND WAS RELEASED AND NO FURTHER DETAILS PROVIDED.

  Patient problems: Failure of Implant

  MAUDE report 15440064 ↗
• InjurySep 16, 2022Difficult to Remove; Difficult to Remove

  CUSTOMER REPORTED WE HAVE HAD COMPLAINTS FROM SURGEONS THAT THEY ARE HAVING TROUBLE REMOVING THE DRAIN POST-OP AS WELL AS PROBLEMS AFTER THE DRAIN IS REMOVED. ONE PATIENT HAD BLEEDING FOLLOWING REMOVAL OF THE DRAIN AND HAD TO BE TAKEN BACK TO SURGERY TO CORRECT THE ISSUE.

  Patient problems: Hemorrhage/Blood Loss/Bleeding

  MAUDE report 15439959 ↗
• InjuryAug 23, 2022Material Too Rigid or Stiff; Material Too Rigid or Stiff

  CUSTOMER REPORTED PHYSICIANS ARE HAVING ISSUES WITH THE DRAIN THAT IS ATTACHED TO A TROCAR, PASSING THROUGH THE SKIN. THE DRAIN IS STIFF AND HARD TO STRIP. DRAINAGE IS THEN LOW; THE DRAIN IS REMOVED, AND SEROMAS DEVELOP. AN ATTEMPT TO DRAIN THE SEROMA IS NOT ALWAYS SUCCESSFUL. THE PLASTICS GROUP RECENTLY HAD AN INFECTION. SEROMAS AFFECT THE ADHERENCE OF DERMAL TISSUE AND THE PHYSICAL APPEARANCE OF THE RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR PATIENT DEMOGRAPHICS PROVIDED.

  Patient problems: Seroma; Unspecified Infection

  MAUDE report 15280436 ↗