FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
Becton Dickinson & Company: BD #11 Bard Parker Scalpel. A general use surgical blade, frequently used for ''stab incisions''. A non sterile, disposable, stainless steel blade. Reorder Number 371631.
- Recall number
- Z-1075-05
- Recalling firm
- Becton Dickinson & Company
- Product
- BD #11 Bard Parker Scalpel. A general use surgical blade, frequently used for ''stab incisions''. A non sterile, disposable, stainless steel blade. Reorder Number 371631.
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2005-04-19
- Posted
- 2005-08-03
- Terminated
- 2006-10-03
- Reason
- A small percentage of scalpels exhibited a 'double blade' condition.
- Root cause
- Other
- Action
- Letters were sent to all customers and all customers have also been contacted by phone. Letters were sent on 4/49/2005.
- Quantity
- 48000 units
- Distribution
- The scalpels were distributed to kit manufacturers. These include: Cardinal Health, 1300 Waukegan Road, McGaw Park, Il 60085; Bard Health Care, 201 West Anaya Road, Hidalgo, TX 78577; Edwards Lifesciences, 6864 South 300 West, Salt Lake City, UT 84047; Avid Medical, 900 Westmount Dr., James City, VA 23168; DeRoyal Industries, PO Box 1667, Knoxville, TN 37849; Boston Scientific, 780 Brookside Dr., Owen, IN 47460; Medikmark, 3600 Burwood Dr., Waukegan Lake, IL 60085; CustoMed/Puerto Rico Hospital Supply, Carolina, PR 00987.
- Lot, serial or model codes
- Lot Number 4322604.
- 510(k) numbers
- not on file
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- GES
- 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
- 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