FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
Cardinal Health: Temno Chiba FIne Needle Aspiration, Soft Tissue Biopsy Needle, 18 GA x 15 cm., product CHI1815, Allegiance, a Cardinal Health Company, McGaw Park, IL 60085 USA, Made in Dominican Republic
- Recall number
- Z-0942-03
- Recalling firm
- Cardinal Health
- Product
- Temno Chiba FIne Needle Aspiration, Soft Tissue Biopsy Needle, 18 GA x 15 cm., product CHI1815, Allegiance, a Cardinal Health Company, McGaw Park, IL 60085 USA, Made in Dominican Republic
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2003-06-02
- Posted
- 2003-06-12
- Terminated
- 2003-09-08
- Reason
- The product was shipped prior to being sterilized.
- Root cause
- Other
- Action
- Recalled by telephone call and follow-up letter on 6/2/03. The accounts were informed that the biopsy needles were not sterile, and were requested to examine their inventory for the affected lot and return any found for credit and replacement.
- Quantity
- 50 needles
- Distribution
- Florida, Georgia, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Ohio, Missouri and internationally to Malaysia.
- Lot, serial or model codes
- Catalog number CHI1815, lot D03AB0594
- 510(k) numbers
- K962907
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- KNW
- Firm FEI
- 3001236905
- Firm city
- McGaw Park
- Firm state
- IL
- 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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