FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
Breg Inc: If Hip, Sterile Polar Dressing P/N 10680 Product Usage: These products are sterile dressings used as an insulation barrier between the Polar Care cold therapy pad and the skin. Sterile dressings are typically applied in a non-sterile environment after post-op and on occasion may be applied in a sterile environment. Breg has determined that a small percentage (approximately 0.22%) of these products may have been sent with unsealed pouches by the contract manufacturer. Customers will be contacted and instructed to inspect their inventory for any product with unsealed pouches and discard them.
- Recall number
- Z-1908-2017
- Recalling firm
- Breg Inc
- Product
- If Hip, Sterile Polar Dressing P/N 10680 Product Usage: These products are sterile dressings used as an insulation barrier between the Polar Care cold therapy pad and the skin. Sterile dressings are typically applied in a non-sterile environment after post-op and on occasion may be applied in a sterile environment. Breg has determined that a small percentage (approximately 0.22%) of these products may have been sent with unsealed pouches by the contract manufacturer. Customers will be contacted and instructed to inspect their inventory for any product with unsealed pouches and discard them.
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2017-03-30
- Posted
- 2017-05-02
- Terminated
- 2017-06-23
- Reason
- They may not have been sealed prior to sterilization. Products with unsealed pouches will be non-sterile.
- Root cause
- Employee error
- Action
- Breg sent an Urgent Medical Device Correction Letter to customers on 4/13/17. The letter identified the affected product, problem and actions to be taken. Customers were instructed to: Please take the following actions: 1) Determine if any potentially affected products are in your stock by comparing each product's Lot and Date to the Lot Numbers and Expiration Dates in the table above. Refer to Picture 2 for the location of these fields on the product packaging. 2) Once you have matched Lot and Date, inspect the product to identify any open (unsealed) pouches. Refer to Picture 1 below. 3) Remove any open pouches from your inventory and discard. 4) Complete the Response Form included as Attachment A, and email or fax to Breg as follows: a. E-mail: bregfieldcorrection@breg.com: Subject: Sterile Dressing Correction b. Fax: 800-FAX-BREG (329-2734)- Subject: Sterile Dressing Correction Customers with questions are instructed to contact Breg Customer Care at (800) 321-0607.
- Quantity
- 2,609 units total
- Distribution
- US Nationwide Distribution
- Lot, serial or model codes
- D163444
- 510(k) numbers
- not on file
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- KGX
- Firm FEI
- 1000125378
- Firm city
- Carlsbad
- Firm state
- CA
- 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
- Published
- 2026-09-28
- Read
- 2026-09-29T08:25:23.626Z
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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