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Medical Indicators, Inc.: Tempa DOT Single-Use Clinical Thermometer Medical Indicators Made in U.S.A. by Medical Indicators, Inc. 16 Thomas J Rhodes Industrial Drive, Hamilton, NJ 08619 USA Phone 1.888.737.1601 www.medicalindicators.com Per 3M website (this product line was recently bought by Medical Indicators from 3M) and labeling in 806, TempaDOT thermometers are individually wrapped, single-use, disposable clinical thermometers for oral or axillary use.

Recall number
Z-2162-2013
Recalling firm
Medical Indicators, Inc.
Product
Tempa DOT Single-Use Clinical Thermometer Medical Indicators Made in U.S.A. by Medical Indicators, Inc. 16 Thomas J Rhodes Industrial Drive, Hamilton, NJ 08619 USA Phone 1.888.737.1601 www.medicalindicators.com Per 3M website (this product line was recently bought by Medical Indicators from 3M) and labeling in 806, TempaDOT thermometers are individually wrapped, single-use, disposable clinical thermometers for oral or axillary use.
Status
Terminated
Initiated
2013-07-10
Posted
2013-09-06
Terminated
2014-01-16
Reason
TempaDot products may have been mislabeled.
Root cause
Labeling mix-ups
Action
The firm, Medical Indicators Inc.sent an "URGENT" Recall letter dated July 10, 2013 and Acknowledgement Form to all distributors/customers via email and Priority Mail with delivery confirmation. The letter described the product, problem and actions to be taken. The customers were instructed to check full & partial cases of the tempadot; open and inspect all 5122NS cases; pull out and quarantine any of the lots found in the 5122NS cases, pending return to medical indicators; if individual Tempadot 100-count boxes of 5122 and 5122NS are stored in different warehouse follow the instructions provided in the letter; if Tempadot 100-count boxes of 5122 were sold to a customer with the affected lots, contact the customer and have them return the product; and complete and return the Recall Return Response Acknowledgement and Receipt Form via mail to: 16 Thomas J Rhodes Industrial Drive, Hamilton NJ, 08619; fax: (609) 587-5636 or email to: www.medicalindicators.com or General Manager at: pbaker@medicalindicators.com. Contact information for any question(s) related to this recall may be addressed to General Manager of Medical Indicators, Inc. at 609-737-1600, extension 204 or email to: pbaker@medicalindicators.com, Mondays through Fridays from 8:00am to 5:00pm EST.
Quantity
111,800 boxes (5,590 full boxes)
Distribution
Nationwide distribution: USA including states of: CA, GA, FL, IN, NY, NV OH, PA, TN,TX, VA, and WI.
Lot, serial or model codes
Lots  06068, 06083, 06112, 06126, 06129, 06138, 06153, 06219, and 06225
510(k) numbers
not on file
PMA numbers
not on file
Product code
FQZ
Firm FEI
2246308
Firm city
Hamilton
Firm state
NJ
Firm country
not on file

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