FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
Smiths Medical ASD Inc.: Aplicare Povidone Iodine Prep Pads packaged within Portex Pulsator Arterial Blood Sampling Kit with Liquid Sodium Heparin, models 4037NP-1, 4039-1, 4039EG-1, 4044EG-1, 4044P-1, 4057NP-1, 4067NP-1, 4077EG-1, 4077NP-1, 4084P-1, G1193, G1374, G1585, G1589, G1598, G1621, and G1806. The firm name on the label is Smiths Medical ASD, Inc., Keene, NH.
- Recall number
- Z-0843-2019
- Recalling firm
- Smiths Medical ASD Inc.
- Product
- Aplicare Povidone Iodine Prep Pads packaged within Portex Pulsator Arterial Blood Sampling Kit with Liquid Sodium Heparin, models 4037NP-1, 4039-1, 4039EG-1, 4044EG-1, 4044P-1, 4057NP-1, 4067NP-1, 4077EG-1, 4077NP-1, 4084P-1, G1193, G1374, G1585, G1589, G1598, G1621, and G1806. The firm name on the label is Smiths Medical ASD, Inc., Keene, NH.
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2018-06-22
- Posted
- not on file
- Terminated
- 2020-10-05
- Reason
- The povidone iodine prep pads packaged with the arterial blood sampling kits will not maintain the iodine potency through its labeled 36-month expiration dating.
- Root cause
- Under Investigation by firm
- Action
- The recalling firm issued letters via UPS tracked mail on 6/22/2018 and later again to additional customers on 7/19/2018. An amended letter was issued on 9/20/2018 via UPS tracked mail to include some model numbers that were inadvertently omitted in the previous letter issuance.
- Quantity
- Approx. 28,578,939 kits for both products
- Distribution
- Distribution was nationwide, including Puerto Rico. There was also military/government distribution. Foreign distribution was made to Canada, United Arab Emirates, Bahamas, Costa Rica, Latvia, and Saudi Arabia.
- Lot, serial or model codes
- Product with expiration dates between 11/30/2016 and 5/31/2020.
- 510(k) numbers
- ["K952516"]
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- JKA
- Firm FEI
- 3012307300
- Firm city
- Minneapolis
- Firm state
- MN
- 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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- 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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