FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
Becton Dickinson & Company: BD Microtainer MAP Microtube for Automated Process with K2EDTA. For the collection, transport, and automated processing of skin punctures samples from infants, children, geriatric, oncology, and critical care patients.
- Recall number
- Z-0176-2012
- Recalling firm
- Becton Dickinson & Company
- Product
- BD Microtainer MAP Microtube for Automated Process with K2EDTA. For the collection, transport, and automated processing of skin punctures samples from infants, children, geriatric, oncology, and critical care patients.
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2011-02-11
- Posted
- 2011-11-08
- Terminated
- 2011-11-10
- Reason
- BD Microtainer MAP Microtube is being recalled due to the potential clotting of blood specimens resulting from a reduced amount of EDTA additive.
- Root cause
- Device Design
- Action
- A Becton Dickinson Sales Consultant conducted a "on-site" visit to the single Customer account, Florida Hospital, on February 11, 2011. All units were successfully recovered. All product recovered was quarantined and destroyed. Becton Dickinson believes that all reasonable efforts to communicate the issue to the affected consignee have been completed. If you have any questions or request additional information please do not hesitate to call (201) 847-5636.
- Quantity
- 10,800 units
- Distribution
- Distributed only to Florida.
- Lot, serial or model codes
- Lot # 1018904 Catalog # 363706
- 510(k) numbers
- ["K093972"]
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- JKA
- Firm FEI
- 2243072
- Firm city
- Franklin Lakes
- Firm state
- NJ
- Firm country
- not on file
Where this comes from
- 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
- Source file
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- Refresh due
- 2026-10-06
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