Portex ProVent Arterial Blood Sampling Kit with Dry Lithium… recallZ-1716-2020 · Smiths Medical ASD, Inc. · initiated Jan 7, 2020
Class II Terminated All recalls posted in April 2020
Is my device affected?
- Compare the model, catalog and lot or serial numbers on your device or its packaging with the code information below. A recall usually covers only specific models or lots.
- If yours is listed, follow the instructions from Smiths Medical ASD, Inc. or your healthcare provider. The company's action is summarized under what the company is doing.
- Do not stop using a prescribed or implanted device on your own — talk to your healthcare provider first.
Where to find your model and lot numbers · What recall classes and statuses mean
Why it was recalled
Lots of Smiths Medical Portex Pro-Vent and LineDraw Arterial Blood Sampling syringes may have broken luers.
FDA root cause category: Process control
What the company is doing
The firm initiated the recall by letter on January 07, 2020. The "Urgent Medical Device Recall Notice", identified the removal of devices and instructed the customer to quarantine the affected products. The Notice provided the accompanying Recall Response Form to be completed and returned within 10 days of receipt to [email protected]. The Notice details that the affected product must be returned to Stericycle for processing. The Notice instructed the distributor to notify their customers and to provide the customer a copy of the Recall Notice and Response Form. The Notice provided the contact email [email protected] and phone number of 8669188738 for assistance.
Recall details
- Recall number
- Z-1716-2020
- Recall class
- Class II
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated by the company
- Jan 7, 2020
- Posted by the FDA
- Apr 15, 2020
- Recalling firm
- Smiths Medical ASD, Inc.
- Quantity
- 127,700 total devices
- Product code
- JKA
- FDA submissions
- K952516
- Distribution
- USA: AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, LA, MA, MD, MI,MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NJ, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA. Int'l: CA, DE, AU.
Product description
Portex ProVent Arterial Blood Sampling Kit with Dry Lithium Heparin for Gases and Electrolytes
Code information (models, lots, serial numbers)
Portex Pro-Vent Arterial Blood Sampling Kit: Item Number Lot Number G1724 3859779 G1702 3863522 4599P-1 3859751 4599P-1 3862142 4599P-1 3863544 4599P-1 3863545 4599P-1 3869581 G1665 3856947 4588P-2 3862145 4558PE 3859727
Other devices under the same FDA submission
34 devices cleared under K952516 — the recall does not name any of them by identifier. One submission often covers many models, so they may or may not be affected.
- Portex 4599P-1Icu Medical, Inc. · Tubes, vials, systems, serum separators, blood collection1 recall2 reports
- Portex 4084P-1Icu Medical, Inc. · Tubes, vials, systems, serum separators, blood collection1 recall2 reports
- Portex 4044EG-1Icu Medical, Inc. · Tubes, vials, systems, serum separators, blood collection1 recall0 reports
- Portex 4080P-2Icu Medical, Inc. · Tubes, vials, systems, serum separators, blood collection1 recall0 reports
- Portex 4080PEIcu Medical, Inc. · Tubes, vials, systems, serum separators, blood collection1 recall0 reports
- Portex 4080PGIcu Medical, Inc. · Tubes, vials, systems, serum separators, blood collection1 recall0 reports
- Portex G1460JIcu Medical, Inc. · Tubes, vials, systems, serum separators, blood collection35 reports
- Portex G1467JIcu Medical, Inc. · Tubes, vials, systems, serum separators, blood collection31 reports
- Portex 4043EIcu Medical, Inc. · Tubes, vials, systems, serum separators, blood collection23 reports
- Portex 4558PGIcu Medical, Inc. · Tubes, vials, systems, serum separators, blood collection21 reports
- Portex 4558PEIcu Medical, Inc. · Tubes, vials, systems, serum separators, blood collection15 reports
- Portex G1469JIcu Medical, Inc. · Tubes, vials, systems, serum separators, blood collection12 reports
Other products in the same recall event
The FDA groups related products into one recall event (event 84681).
- Z-1715-2020 · TerminatedPortex LineDraw Arterial Blood Sampling Syringe with Dry Lithium Heparin for Gases and Electrolytes
Sources and updates
- Recall record: FDA Medical Device Recalls, file dated Oct 16, 2026 · View the FDA recall notice ↗
- Devices: FDA GUDID, file dated Oct 13, 2026. Devices are linked when their identifier (with a valid check digit) appears in the recall's code information.
- Page last rebuilt: Oct 18, 2026. Text above is shown as published by the FDA.
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