Events

Recall of Oral Swab system - Perox-A-Mint

According to New Zealand Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority, this recall involved a device in New Zealand that was produced by Comfort Personal Cleansing Products.

What is this?

A correction or removal action taken by a manufacturer to address a problem with a medical device. Recalls occur when a medical device is defective, when it could be a risk to health, or when it is both defective and a risk to health.

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  • Type of Event
    Recall
  • Event ID
    21905
  • Event Initiated Date
    2017-09-01
  • Event Country
    New Zealand
  • Event Source
    NZMMDSA
  • Event Source URL
    https://medsafe.govt.nz/hot/Recalls/RecallSearch.asp
  • Notes / Alerts
    Data from New Zealand is current through July 2018. All of the data comes from the New Zealand Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority, except for the categories Manufacturer Parent Company and Product Classification.
    The Parent Company and the Product Classification were added by ICIJ.
    The parent company information is based on 2017 public records. The device classification information comes from FDA’s Product Classification by Review Panel, based on matches of recall data from the U.S. and New Zealand.
  • Extra notes in the data
    Recalling Organisation: Universal Specialities Ltd trading as USL Medical, 494 Rosebank Road, Avondale, AUCKLAND 1026
  • Reason
    There has been potential for cross-contamination of oral care solutions manufactured by a third party supplier on equipment shared with non-pharmaceutical products. this affects all oral care products containing solutions manufactured by the third party supplier.
  • Action
    Product to be destroyed

Device

Oral Swab system - Perox-A-Mint

Manufacturer

Comfort Personal Cleansing Products
  • Manufacturer Parent Company (2017)
    Stryker
  • Source
    NZMMDSA