EquateRecalls & reported problems across all models

We found 11 models of Equate by Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. in the FDA's device registry (GUDID). Together they are named in 38 adverse event reports in the FDA's MAUDE database, received between May 4, 2020 and Sep 30, 2026 — classified as 21 injuries, 17 malfunctions.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Use of Device Problem” (6 reports).

Reports come from manufacturers, hospitals and patients and are not verified by the FDA. A report does not prove the device caused the event. Widely used products collect more reports, so totals can't be used to compare products or estimate failure rates. Only reports that name a model's exact device identifier are counted. What reports can and can't tell you · How this data works

Most reported Equate problems

Equate models

11 models, most reported first. Each model has its own page with its reports, recalls and device details.

• Equate VKG

  Toothbrush, Powered
  14 reports
• Equate 681131006743

  Tape And Bandage, Adhesive
  6 reports
• Equate 681131006729

  Tape And Bandage, Adhesive
  4 reports
• Equate 681131006736

  Tape And Bandage, Adhesive
  3 reports
• Equate 681131228350

  Tape And Bandage, Adhesive
  3 reports
• Equate WAL4245V1

  Polymer Patient Examination Glove
  2 reports
• Equate 681131286251

  Tape And Bandage, Adhesive
  2 reports
• Equate SQN

  Mouthguard, Over-The-Counter
  1 report
• Equate 681131286244

  Tape And Bandage, Adhesive
  1 report
• Equate 681131349826

  Tape And Bandage, Adhesive
  1 report
• Equate 681131436458

  Tape And Bandage, Adhesive
  1 report

Recent Equate adverse event reports

The 15 most recent reports across all models, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

• InjurySep 30, 2026Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  On the initial report received on (b)(6) 2026, the consumer stated that she experienced a skin reaction to the bandage, including a reddish ring around the bandage. She also reported that she had already notified her physician.

  Patient problems: Skin Inflammation/ Irritation

  MAUDE report 50950921 ↗
• InjurySep 24, 2026Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  Patient problems: Rash

  MAUDE report 50888518 ↗
• MalfunctionSep 1, 2026Material Split, Cut or Torn

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 50546918 ↗
• MalfunctionJul 27, 2026Material Split, Cut or Torn

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 50022988 ↗
• InjuryMar 18, 2026Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  ON THE INITIAL REPORT RECEIVED ON FEBRUARY 23, 2026, THE CONSUMER ASKED WHAT INGREDIENTS ARE USED IN THESE BANDAGES. SHE REPORTED HAVING AN INTENSE RASH AND WANTED TO KNOW WHAT MIGHT BE CAUSING IT. ON THE SAME DAY, THE CONSUMER SENT AN EMAIL STATING THAT HER DERMATOLOGIST HAD TAKEN A PHOTO OF HER BELLY AFTER 8 DAYS OF WEARING THE BANDAGE DUE TO THE SEVERITY OF THE RASH AND IRRITATION. HER DERMATOLOGIST RECOMMENDED SWITCHING TO ANOTHER BANDAGE BRAND GOING FORWARD.

  Patient problems: Rash

  MAUDE report 24628225 ↗
• InjuryMar 5, 2026Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  ACCORDING TO THE INITIAL REPORT RECEIVED BY THE FDA ON JANUARY 12, 2026, A CONSUMER FILED A VOLUNTARY MDR (REPORT #MW5180820). THE CONSUMER STATED THAT SHE USED THE PRODUCT TO COVER A SPOT ON HER SON'S FACE TO PREVENT INFECTION. THE FOLLOWING DAY, THE DAYCARE SENT A PHOTOGRAPH SHOWING THAT THE SKIN WHERE THE BANDAGE HAD BEEN APPLIED WAS "BUBBLED UP." THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE BANDAGE CAUSED A CHEMICAL BURN. ON THE COMPLETED CONSUMER INFORMATION REQUEST FORM (CIR) RECEIVED ON FEBRUARY 06, 2026, THE CONSUMER STATES THAT HER SON HAD A BLEMISH ON FACE AND SHE USED THE BANDAGE TO COVER IT. A DAY LATER, HIS FACE WAS BUBBLED/BLISTERED. THE PATIENT WAS EVALUATED BY A PEDIATRICIAN, WHO PRESCRIBED AN ANTIBIOTIC AND A STEROID OINTMENT. THE CONSUMER SPECIFIED THE REACTION OCCURRED IN THE AREA OF THE ADHESIVE TAPE. WHILE THE CONSUMER CONFIRMED THAT SYMPTOMS IMPROVED AFTER DISCONTINUING PRODUCT USE, SHE NOTED THAT THE AREA IS NOT YET FULLY HEALED.

  Patient problems: Blister; Skin Inflammation/ Irritation

  MAUDE report 24519925 ↗
• InjuryFeb 19, 2026Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  ON THE INITIAL REPORT RECEIVED ON DECEMBER 05, 2025, THE CONSUMER STATED THAT HE HAD A RASH AFTER APPLYING THE BANDAGE TO THE SIDE OF HIS FOOT. ACCORDING TO THE CONSUMER INFORMATION REQUEST (CIR) FORM RECEIVED ON JANUARY 23, 2026, THE CONSUMER CONFIRMED THAT HE DEVELOPED A RASH AFTER USING THE BANDAGE TO COVER A CUT ON HIS FOOT. THE CONSUMER REPORTED THAT THE ISSUE WAS WITH THE TAPE AREA. CONSUMER STATED THAT THE SYMPTOMS DID NOT RESOLVE AFTER HE DISCONTINUED USE. THE CONSUMER PLANS TO CONSULT HIS DOCTOR REGARDING THE ISSUE DURING HIS NEXT ANNUAL WELLNESS VISIT.

  Patient problems: Rash

  MAUDE report 24387510 ↗
• InjuryDec 29, 2025Use of Device Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Use of Device Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  ACCORDING TO THE INITIAL REPORT RECEIVED BY ASO ON NOVEMBER 01, THE CONSUMER STATED THAT HER HUSBAND HAD AN ALLERGIC REACTION TO THE PRODUCT. ON THE COMPLETED CONSUMER INFORMATION REPORT (CIR) RECEIVED ON DECEMBER 01, 2025, THE CONSUMER REPORTED A REACTION TO THE PRODUCT. THE CONSUMER WENT TO THE PATIENT 1ST URGENT CARE. PER CIR, THE ISSUE WAS WITH THE TAPE AND PAD OF THE BANDAGE. THE CONSUMER CONFIRMED THAT THE SYMPTOMS RESOLVED AFTER STOPPING USE OF THE PRODUCT.

  Patient problems: Skin Inflammation/ Irritation

  MAUDE report 23905347 ↗
• InjuryDec 9, 2025Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  ON THE INITIAL REPORT RECEIVED ON OCTOBER 16, 2025, THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE PRODUCT CAUSED HER RASH. ON THE COMPLETED CONSUMER INFORMATION REPORT (CIR) RECEIVED ON NOVEMBER 11, 2025, THE CONSUMER STATED THAT SHE USED THE TAPE ON HER RIGHT SHOULDER AND BROKE OUT IN A RASH. SHE HAD TO USE TACROLIMUS OINTMENT 0.1%. IT HELPED WITH THE ITCHING AND HELPED TO HEAL THE RASH. CONSUMER CONFIRMED THAT THE SYMPTOMS CORRECTED AFTER SHE STOPPED USING THE PRODUCT.

  Patient problems: Rash

  MAUDE report 23756917 ↗
• InjuryDec 4, 2025Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  ON THE INITIAL REPORT RECEIVED ON SEPTEMBER 10, 2025, THE CONSUMER STATES THAT THE PRODUCT CAUSED A BURN AND PEELED HER SKIN. ON THE COMPLETED CIR RECEIVED FROM THE CONSUMER ON NOVEMBER 06, 2025, THE CONSUMER STATES THAT THE BANDAGES BURNED HER SKIN AROUND THE WOUND. THE CONSUMER WENT TO URGENT CARE AND WAS PRESCRIBED ANTIBIOTIC CREAM. IN THE FORM, CONSUMER STATED THE ISSUE WAS WITH THE TAPE AREA AND THAT THE SYMPTOMS CORRECTED AFTER SHE STOPPED USING THE PRODUCT.

  Patient problems: Burning Sensation; Skin Inflammation/ Irritation

  MAUDE report 23714671 ↗
• InjurySep 18, 2025Use of Device Problem; Use of Device Problem

  ACCORDING TO THE INITIAL REPORT RECEIVED BY ASO ON AUGUST 19, 2025, THE CONSUMER STATED THAT HER 5-YEAR-OLD SON USED THE BANDAGES ON HIS LEG AFTER RUBBING IT AGAINST THE POOL EDGE. THE NEXT EVENING, HE WOKE UP SCREAMING IN PAIN. THEY REMOVED THE BANDAGE, AND HE HAS A CHEMICAL BURN, WITH BLISTERS, REDNESS, AND SWELLING IN THE AREA THAT THE BANDAGE PAD PREVIOUSLY COVERED. THE SKIN HAD BEEN RIPPED OFF WHERE THE ADHESIVE WAS. PER THE INITIAL REPORT, THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE ISSUE WAS WITH THE PAD AND TAPE AREA. HIS DOCTOR AND THE PATIENT'S MOM WERE TRYING TO DETERMINE WHETHER HE WAS ALLERGIC TO SOMETHING IN THE BANDAGE.

  Patient problems: Abrasion; Skin Inflammation/ Irritation

  MAUDE report 23083083 ↗
• InjurySep 9, 2025Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  ACCORDING TO THE INITIAL REPORT RECEIVED BY ASO ON (B)(6) 2025, THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE BANDAGES CAUSED AN ALLERGIC REACTION (RASH) AND A CHEMICAL BURN, AND THE BANDAGE ALSO STUCK TO HER SKIN, MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO REMOVE, RESULTING IN A BRUISE. THE CONSUMER WENT TO THE DOCTOR. ON THE COMPLETED CIR RECEIVED BY ASO ON (B)(6) 2025, THE CONSUMER STATES THAT SHE USED THE BANDAGES ON TWO PLACES AND CAUSED A CHEMICAL REACTION, BURN, AND RASH WITH PUS. THE TREATMENT WAS SILVER SULFADIAZINE, AN ALLERGY TOPICAL, AND PREDNISONE. CONSUMER WENT TO URGENT CARE AND FOLLOWED UP WITH THE PRIMARY DOCTOR. CONSUMER CONFIRMED THAT THE SYMPTOMS CORRECTED AFTER SHE STOPPED USING THE PRODUCT AND TREATED THE AREA. PER CIR, THE ISSUE WAS WITH THE TAPE AND THE PAD AREA.

  Patient problems: Rash; Skin Inflammation/ Irritation

  MAUDE report 23003080 ↗
• InjuryAug 19, 2025Use of Device Problem; Use of Device Problem

  ACCORDING TO THE INITIAL REPORT RECEIVED BY ASO ON JULY 25, 2025, THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE PRODUCT CAUSED HER AN ALLERGIC REACTION TO THE WOUND AFTER HER SURGERY. ON THE COMPLETED CONSUMER INFORMATION REPORT (CIR) RECEIVED ON AUGUST 18, 2025, THE CONSUMER STATED THAT SHE HAD A STOMACH SURGERY ON (B)(6) AND USED THE BANDAGES TO HELP COVER THE WOUNDS. SHE EXPERIENCED AN ALLERGIC REACTION. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED HER DOCTOR, WHO ADVISED HER TO APPLY A CREAM TO THE AFFECTED AREA, BUT IT DID NOT HELP. THE CONSUMER VISITED A DERMATOLOGIST, WHO PRESCRIBED A CREAM AND INSTRUCTED HER TO APPLY IT TO THE AREA TWICE A DAY, OR MORE AS NEEDED. PER CIR THE ISSUE WAS WITH THE TAPE AREA OF THE BANDAGE. THE CONSUMER CONFIRMED THAT THE SYMPTOMS CORRECTED AFTER SHE STOPPED USING THE PRODUCT.

  Patient problems: Skin Inflammation/ Irritation

  MAUDE report 22841593 ↗
• InjuryJul 16, 2025Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  ACCORDING TO THE INITIAL REPORT RECEIVED BY ASO ON JUNE 19, 2025, THE CONSUMER STATED THAT SHE EXPERIENCED A RASH FROM THE PRODUCT. THE CUSTOMER STATES THAT SHE WILL BE CONSULTING A DOCTOR TO EXAMINE HER RASH.

  Patient problems: Skin Inflammation/ Irritation

  MAUDE report 22518740 ↗
• InjuryJul 9, 2025Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  IN THE INITIAL REPORT RECEIVED ON 06/11/2025, THE CONSUMER STATED THAT HE AND HIS SPOUSE WORE THE TAPE ALL DAY AT (B)(6). AFTER REMOVING THE TAPE IN THE SHOWER, THE SPOUSE EXPERIENCED IRRITATION AND A BURNING SENSATION. THE CONSUMER, WHO REPORTED THE EVENT, ALSO NOTED DRYNESS AND DISCOLORATION IN THE AREA WHERE THE ADHESIVE TAPE HAD BEEN APPLIED. CONSUMER REPORTED THAT MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS SOUGHT. THE DOCTOR SAID THAT IT MAY HAVE BEEN A REACTION DUE TO SUN EXPOSURE AND IT LOOKED LIKE A BURN. IN THE COMPLETED CONSUMER INFORMATION REPORT (CIR) RECEIVED ON JULY 18, 2025, THE CONSUMER REPORTED VISITING A WALK-IN CLINIC, WHERE A DOCTOR PRESCRIBED A THREE-DAY COURSE OF STEROIDS. CONSUMER REPORTED THAT THE SYMPTOMS DID NOT CORRECT AFTER HE STOPPED USING THE PRODUCT. CONSUMER STATED THAT THE AREA HAS IMPROVED, BUT TAPE MARK WHERE THE PRODUCT WAS APPLIED REMAINS VISIBLE.

  Patient problems: Burning Sensation; Skin Inflammation/ Irritation

  MAUDE report 22457735 ↗

Other Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. products

• Pen Needle3 models · 139 reports
• ReliOn Premier Blood Glucose Test Strips2 models · 37 reports
• ReliOn Prime Blood Glucose Monitoring System2 models · 20 reports