Cardinal Health Inc: Large Port Specimen Sock, used to convert the pour/accessory port of a Cardinal Suction canister into a specimen retainer. The sock is used as an accessory in a suction collection system. Its placed in a suction canister to remove solids from the liquid aspirated during surgery. The solids may consist of patient tissue that are then sent to pathology or retained for other purposes. There is no direct contact between this device and the patient. Large Port Specimen Sock, used to convert the pour/accessory port of a Cardinal Suction canister into a specimen retainer. The sock is used as an accessory in a suction collection system. Its placed in a suction canister to remove solids from the liquid aspirated during surgery. The solids may consist of patient tissue that are then sent to pathology or retained for other purposes. There is no direct contact between this device and the patient.

Recall number

Z-1852-2011

Recalling firm

Cardinal Health Inc

Product

Large Port Specimen Sock, used to convert the pour/accessory port of a Cardinal Suction canister into a specimen retainer. The sock is used as an accessory in a suction collection system. Its placed in a suction canister to remove solids from the liquid aspirated during surgery. The solids may consist of patient tissue that are then sent to pathology or retained for other purposes. There is no direct contact between this device and the patient. Large Port Specimen Sock, used to convert the pour/accessory port of a Cardinal Suction canister into a specimen retainer. The sock is used as an accessory in a suction collection system. Its placed in a suction canister to remove solids from the liquid aspirated during surgery. The solids may consist of patient tissue that are then sent to pathology or retained for other purposes. There is no direct contact between this device and the patient.

Status

Terminated

Initiated

2011-02-18

Posted

2011-03-30

Terminated

2011-10-04

Reason

In one lot of product (lot# 1091745), the label for the small version of the sock (catalog number 65652-123) was improperly used for the larger version of the product (65652-124)

Root cause

Labeling mix-ups

Action

On February 18, 2011 Cardinal Health sent a consignee letter with the following instruction: 1) Quarantine either Catalog Number with the inticated Lot Number. 2) Contact the appropiate Customer Service group for return instructions: Hospital - 800-964-5227 Federal Government - 800-444-1166 Distributirs - 800-635-6021 All other customers - 888-444-5440 3) Return the enclosed acknowledge form via fax to 847-689-9101, even if you do not have affected product, as Cardinal Health is required to confirm receipt of this notification from you, and to prevent further notices. 4) Notify any customer to whom you may have distributed product affected by this recall.

Quantity

3,360 each

Distribution

Worldwide Distribution - USA including AL, AR, AZ. CA. CO,, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID,IL,IM,KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME. MI MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, WV, WY, & Puerto Rico - and the country of Canada.

Lot, serial or model codes

65652-123 and 65652-124 / 1091745

510(k) numbers

not on file

PMA numbers

not on file

Product code

NNI

Firm FEI

3004008697

Firm city

Dublin

Firm state

OH

Firm country

not on file

Cite as

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

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