FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
Steris Corporation: The Reliance 130 and 130L Cart Washer/Disinfector is a high capacity mechanical washer intended for use in the washing, low-level disinfecting, and drying of carts, utensils, beds and other miscellaneous reusable items used in the care of patients at healthcare facilities / Crated for shipping.
- Recall number
- Z-2122-2012
- Recalling firm
- Steris Corporation
- Product
- The Reliance 130 and 130L Cart Washer/Disinfector is a high capacity mechanical washer intended for use in the washing, low-level disinfecting, and drying of carts, utensils, beds and other miscellaneous reusable items used in the care of patients at healthcare facilities / Crated for shipping.
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2012-07-14
- Posted
- 2012-08-01
- Terminated
- 2014-06-06
- Reason
- To ensure that users are properly operating the Reliance 130 and 130L Cart Washers, a door close confirmation button and door open delay will be installed on your cart washer.
- Root cause
- Labeling design
- Action
- Steris Corp. sent a Urgent Field Correction Notice dated July 14, 2012, to all affected customers. The letter identified the product the problem and the action needed to be taken by the customer. To ensure users are properly operating the Reliance 130 and 130L Cart Washers a 'door close' confirmation button and a door open delay will be installed on the affected cart washer(s). A STERIS Service Representative will contact the affected facilities to arrange for STERIS to upgrade their Reliance 130 and 130L Cart Washer(s). For further information or if affected customers have any questions regarding the STERIS visit to their facility, they can contact STERIS Field Service Dispatch at 1800-333-8828
- Quantity
- 367
- Distribution
- Worldwide Distribution -- USA (nationwide) including the states of : AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, and WY. and the countries of : Australia, South Korea, France, Italy, Lebanon, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Spain, UAE, United Kingdom and Canada.
- Lot, serial or model codes
- The codes for the product are Julian date-coded. They follow the following pattern: AABBBCCDDD AA is a two digit code representing the manufacturing facility number BBB is a three digit code representing the day of the year that the device was manufactured CC is a two digit code representing the Julian year that the device was manufactured DDD is a three digit code representing the number of the number of the device manufactured that day. For example, a serial number of 3606499005 indicates that the device was manufactured in facility number 36, on the 64th day of the year of 1999, and the device was the 5th device manufactured that day. The serial number ranges for the devices being recalled are: RELIANCE¿ 130: 3606499005 3626709006 RELIANCE¿ 130L: 3629299006 3628809011
- 510(k) numbers
- not on file
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- MEC
- Firm FEI
- 1527821
- Firm city
- Mentor
- Firm state
- OH
- 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