HydroFlock Sterile Flocked Collection Device, Part Number… recallZ-1391-2024 · Puritan Medical Products Company, Llc · initiated Feb 21, 2024
Open, Classified
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Why it was recalled
It was discovered through a customer complaint that mislabeled product was distributed. Puritan distributed product labelled as 25-3317-H lot S1014 which contained product code 25-3317-U in all packages.
FDA root cause category: Process control
What the company is doing
URGENT: FIELD SAFETY NOTICE/MEDICAL DEVICE RECALL letters were sent to customers 21-Feb-2024. Customers were instructed to: 1. Carefully read the content of this notification. 2. Ensure all personnel are completely knowledgeable and thoroughly trained on the content of this notification. 3. Document on the Reply Form the number of the affected products currently located at your facility and confirm they have been destroyed. 4. If you have already further processed or utilized this product in a kit, assess the impact of the incorrect collection device on the final medical device / in vitro diagnostic that is distributed. 5. Notify your customers of this field action. Advise your customers to cease use or further distribution of the affected product, destroy kits containing this affected product, and re-review any results already obtained using these collection devices. Please appropriately document your notification process and let us know the end-customer feedback accordingly. 6. Attest that and that you have received and understood this notification and have notified any additional customers you may have distributed to by filling out and returning the completed enclosed Reply Form by 27-Feb-2024. Puritan Medical is coordinating with the applicable Regulatory Agencies. We fully appreciate your prompt cooperation in addressing this situation and working with us to ensure your patients are treated only with safe and effective Puritan products that you have come to rely upon. If you require additional information or on-site support, please do not hesitate to contact Puritan directly at (800) 321-2313 from Monday through Friday or by e-mail at [email protected].
Recall details
- Recall number
- Z-1391-2024
- Status
- Open, Classified
- Initiated by the company
- Feb 21, 2024
- Posted by the FDA
- Mar 28, 2024
- Recalling firm
- Puritan Medical Products Company, Llc
- Quantity
- 465 boxes x 500 units per box = 232,500 units
- Product code
- KXG
- Distribution
- Worldwide - US Nationwide distribution in the states of AL, CA, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KY, MA, MI, MO, NC, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, TX, VA and the countries of Canada, P.R. China and Thailand.
Product description
HydroFlock Sterile Flocked Collection Device, Part Number 25-3317-H.
Code information (models, lots, serial numbers)
Part number: 25-3317-H; UDI/DI: 00609576330322; Serial/Lot Number: S1014;
Devices named in this recall
1 device in the FDA device registry whose identifier appears in the recall's code information.
- Puritan HydraFlock 25-3317-HPuritan Medical Products · Applicator, Absorbent Tipped, Sterile1 recall0 reports
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 16, 2026. Text above is shown as published by the FDA.
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