FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
Becton Dickinson & Company: BD Vacutainer C&S Transfer Straw Kit C&S Preservative Plus Urine Tube. 4.0 ml, 13 X 75 mm STERILE REF 364953. Becton Dickinson & Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ USA, The kit consists of a transfer straw and urinalysis tube intended for UA chemistry urine testing.
- Recall number
- Z-1056-2013
- Recalling firm
- Becton Dickinson & Company
- Product
- BD Vacutainer C&S Transfer Straw Kit C&S Preservative Plus Urine Tube. 4.0 ml, 13 X 75 mm STERILE REF 364953. Becton Dickinson & Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ USA, The kit consists of a transfer straw and urinalysis tube intended for UA chemistry urine testing.
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2013-02-14
- Posted
- 2013-04-04
- Terminated
- 2013-08-06
- Reason
- The BD Vacutainer Urinalysis Transfer Straw Kit #364991, Lot 1335484 has preprinted polybags which are incorrectly labeled as Catalog #364953. BD advises any Customer who purchased this Kit that the Tube in this Kit is not a C&S tube. If a Customer relies solely on the polybag labeling and uses the Tube inside the Kit for the purpose of collecting urine for culture and sensitivity, it is possible
- Root cause
- Employee error
- Action
- BD Diagnostics sent a "Product Advisory Notice" dated February 14, 2013 via UPS Second Day Air to all end user customers. The notice advises customers of the product issue, identifies affected product and provides instructions on how to handle affected product. For questions regarding this recall call 201-847-5033.
- Quantity
- 236,400 units
- Distribution
- Nationwide Distribution including Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachussets, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington DC, Washington, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.
- Lot, serial or model codes
- Catalog #3694991 appears as Catalog #364953 (Lot #1335484)
- 510(k) numbers
- not on file
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- FMH
- 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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- 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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