Recall Z-1960-2011 ยท MED Sterilant, Medical Devices
Steris Corporation Hopkins Facility
STERIS SYSTEM 1E Liquid Chemical Sterilant Processing System The SYSTEM 1 E Liquid Chemical Sterilant Processing System is intended for the liquid chemical sterilization of manually cleaned impressible, reusable, critical and semi-critical heat sensitive medical devices, including endoscopes and their accessories. Devices processed in a SYSTEM IE have been chemically sterilized using S40 Sterilan
| Date | Apr 12, 2011 (initiated Mar 14, 2011) |
| Status | Terminated |
| Reason | The printout, display and Operator Manual for the STERIS System 1E Liquid Chemical Sterilant Processing System are subject to recall/correction by the firm because in the event of an incomplete or aborted cycle, the language of the warning messages used in the printout, display, and Operator Manual omits the qualifying term: *liquid chemically* (not **sterilized), when alerting the user to inco |
| Root cause | Other |
| Action | The firm, STERIS, Issued an 'Urgent Field Correction Notice' dated March 14, 2011 addressed to their Hospital Administrator, or Manager, and Risk Manager customers on March 18, 2011. The notification letter describes the product subject to field correction and the problem that exists with the language omission present in the printout display and Operator Manual messages which warn of an incomplete or aborted processing cycle. The notification goes on to state that there is no health hazard involved in this error, as the users are still made aware that the processing cycle has not been success |
| Quantity | 106 units |
| Distribution | Nationwide distribution: USA including states of :CA, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, KS, MA, MO, MT, NE, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OR, SD, TX, VA, WA, WI, and WV. |
| FDA record | Open on fda.gov |