FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
Medical Action Industries Inc: Medical Action Industries Inc. Blue OR Towel Non X-Ray Detectable (6 Towels per Pack) / product # AVID266 Sterile This OR towel product is intended for external use only. These towels are intended to be used as absorbent towels for hand drying, cleanup, and to provide increased absorbency of blood and bodily fluids. There are no instruction catalogues or manuals included with the product as these are intended to be used in accordance with hospital protocol.
- Recall number
- Z-2043-2018
- Recalling firm
- Medical Action Industries Inc
- Product
- Medical Action Industries Inc. Blue OR Towel Non X-Ray Detectable (6 Towels per Pack) / product # AVID266 Sterile This OR towel product is intended for external use only. These towels are intended to be used as absorbent towels for hand drying, cleanup, and to provide increased absorbency of blood and bodily fluids. There are no instruction catalogues or manuals included with the product as these are intended to be used in accordance with hospital protocol.
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2017-12-11
- Posted
- not on file
- Terminated
- 2020-09-22
- Reason
- Product sterility potentially compromised.
- Root cause
- Process control
- Action
- On December 11, 2017, the firm sent letters to their consignee informing them to: Immediately examine your inventory and quarantine all product subject to this recall notification. In addition, if you may have further distributed this product, please identify your customers and notify them at once of this product recall. Your notification to your customers may be enhanced by including a copy of this recall notification letter. Replacement product should be available within the next two weeks. Should you have immediate replacement needs in the interim, we do have sufficient inventory of AVID265, Blue OR Towel Non X-Ray Detectable (4 Towels per Pack), available for immediate distribution. Your assistance is appreciated and necessary to prevent any unintended use of affected product. Please complete and return the enclosed response form as soon as possible. For further questions, please call (828_ 338-7604.
- Quantity
- 31,440 Towels
- Distribution
- US Distribution to the states of : CO, KS, MN, NY, RI, TX, and WA and Internationally to Canada
- Lot, serial or model codes
- Item Code #AVID266, Lot No. 231479, Exp. Date 08/31/2021 and Item Code #AVID266, Lot No. 232564, Exp. Date 11/06/2021.
- 510(k) numbers
- not on file
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- FRL
- Firm FEI
- 1030451
- Firm city
- Arden
- Firm state
- NC
- 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
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- Refresh due
- 2026-10-06
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