FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
Becton Dickinson & Company: BD 1 mL BD Safety Glide Tuberculin syringe with 26 G x 3/8 in. BD needle.
- Recall number
- Z-0403-06
- Recalling firm
- Becton Dickinson & Company
- Product
- BD 1 mL BD Safety Glide Tuberculin syringe with 26 G x 3/8 in. BD needle.
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2005-10-25
- Posted
- 2006-01-18
- Terminated
- 2006-06-21
- Reason
- Safety mechanisms on the syringes are rotating too freely. This can result in the safety mechanism not holding its rotational position and increasing risk of an accidental needle-stick.
- Root cause
- Other
- Action
- Recall notifications were sent to all direct consignees and potential end users on 10/25/2005 via UPS second day air.
- Quantity
- 2697 cases -- 1078800 syringes
- Distribution
- Product was distributed nationwide to 450 consignees composed of wholesalers, hospitals, and medical supply distributors. There is a Canadian customer, Dufort & Lavigne, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Government customers include VAMC New Orleans, New Orleans, LA; Fox Army Health Center, Redstone Arsenal, AL; Moncrief Army Community Hospital, Columbia, SC; US Naval Med. Ctr., Portsmouth, VA; USAF Hill AFB 649 Medical Group, Hill Air Force Base, UT; VAMC Ann Arbor, MI; VAMC East Orange, NJ; VAMC Tuskegee, AL; McDonald Army Community Hospital, Newport News, VA.
- Lot, serial or model codes
- Reference Number 305946: Product Description: 1ml 26G Blister Lot #: 5201856; 5175735; 5146697; 5143522; 5111315; 5082352; 5052279; 5020322; 4344951; 4323197.
- 510(k) numbers
- ["K992734"]
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- MEG
- Firm FEI
- 2243072
- Firm city
- Franklin Lakes
- Firm state
- NJ
- 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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- 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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