FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
American Contract Systems Inc.: Medical convenience kits Item Number/Description RCEN25B ENT SDSC 0246972 RCHN27D HEAD AND NECK RCH 0246951
- Recall number
- Z-0178-2026
- Recalling firm
- American Contract Systems Inc.
- Product
- Medical convenience kits Item Number/Description RCEN25B ENT SDSC 0246972 RCHN27D HEAD AND NECK RCH 0246951
- Status
- Open, Classified
- Initiated
- 2025-09-04
- Posted
- 2025-10-16
- Terminated
- not on file
- Reason
- Identified products were re-gassed (sterilized more than once) after a nonconformance occurred during the initial Ethylene Oxide (EO) gas injection process. These products have not been validated for exposure to multiple sterilization cycles. Therefore, product quality, safety, and effectiveness cannot be confirmed for product that was re-gassed.
- Root cause
- Nonconforming Material/Component
- Action
- Firm notified affected distributors who received affected product via email on 9/4/25. An updated letter was provided on 9/9/25, which better clarified product codes and impacted lot numbers and bag serial numbers. Consignees were instructed to immediately discontinue use and discard impacted trays. Distribution partners were provided with a customer letter for further distribution to end users.
- Quantity
- 32,433 total
- Distribution
- US Nationwide distribution in the states of SD, IA, MN, WA, IL.
- Lot, serial or model codes
- RCEN25B UDI-DI 191072225115 lot 8138311 bag serial number N/A; RCHN27D UDI-DI 191072235923 lot 8508211 bag serial number 47847459 * If bag serial number is listed as "n/a", then entire lot is affected
- 510(k) numbers
- not on file
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- OGR
- Firm FEI
- 3007069947
- Firm city
- Grimes
- Firm state
- IA
- 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
- sha256
- b87518bfe2e8
- Size
- 288210821 bytes
- Published
- 2026-09-28
- Read
- 2026-09-29T08:25:23.626Z
- Source file
- Source file retained · verify
- Refresh due
- 2026-10-06
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FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA) (U.S. Food and Drug Administration (openFDA)), device-recall-0001-of-0001.json.zip, sha256 b87518bfe2e8, published 2026-09-28