FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
Steris Corporation Hopkins Facility: Steris QFC1728 and QFC1729 Quick Connects;(used to connect gastrointestinal endoscopes to processing trays) The malfunctioning piece of the quick connect component is adaptor #6, STERIS part number 201158. Adaptor #6 attaches to the suction port of the endoscope.
- Recall number
- Z-0101-2008
- Recalling firm
- Steris Corporation Hopkins Facility
- Product
- Steris QFC1728 and QFC1729 Quick Connects;(used to connect gastrointestinal endoscopes to processing trays) The malfunctioning piece of the quick connect component is adaptor #6, STERIS part number 201158. Adaptor #6 attaches to the suction port of the endoscope.
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2007-09-12
- Posted
- 2007-10-24
- Terminated
- 2010-09-28
- Reason
- Loose or missing adaptor: The center insert of the adaptor #6 restrictor could become loose and/or come out of the adaptor's housing. The absence of adaptor #6's center insert may affect the sterilization process of the attached endoscope.
- Root cause
- Component design/selection
- Action
- STERIS has contacted affected direct accounts by phone to notify direct accounts of the recall. On 9/28/2007, STERIS will mail a recall notification to all affected direct accounts via certified mail. The notification informs direct accounts that STERIS representatives will be visiting direct accounts to retrieve affected products and provide replacements. Where direct accounts further distribute, STERIS representatives will inform the direct accounts to contact their sub-accounts and facilitate exchange of affected product for replacement product. Replacement product will be available beginning November 1, 2007.
- Quantity
- 391 Quick Connects
- Distribution
- Worldwide: United States, Australia, Bahrain, Canada, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Italy, Qatar, and Spain
- Lot, serial or model codes
- C041782, C041793, 3072287, C041514, C041512, C041508, C041513, C041515, 3072303, 3290749, 3338126, C041781, C041794, 3072246, C041506, C041509, C041510, C041511, 3072261, 3290723, 3318292, 3338100, 3352374, 3542412, 3643871, 3546157, 3656121, 3893160, 3890027, 3748456, 3930062, 3978731, 3342342, 3352390, 3575941, 3643897, 3668357, 3895661, 3900198
- 510(k) numbers
- not on file
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- MED
- Firm FEI
- 3000251274
- Firm city
- Mentor
- Firm state
- OH
- Firm country
- not on file
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- Register
- FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
- Publisher
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration (openFDA)
- File
- device-recall-0001-of-0001.json.zip
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- b87518bfe2e8
- Size
- 288210821 bytes
- Published
- 2026-09-28
- Read
- 2026-09-29T08:25:23.626Z
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- Refresh due
- 2026-10-06
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