Sklar Instruments is recalling 554,075 units of various ECONO STERILE brand medical procedure kits due to packaging defects that can compromise the sterile barrier. These kits include a wide variety of surgical instruments such as forceps, scissors, dilators, retractors, and suction tubes used in clinical settings. If the packaging is damaged or breached, the instruments may no longer be sterile, creating a potential risk of patient infection. To date, there have been no reports of injuries or incidents associated with this recall.
Using medical instruments that have lost their sterility can introduce bacteria or other contaminants into a patient's body during surgical or medical procedures. This poses a risk of infection or other complications to the patient. No injuries have been reported.
Includes Buck Ear Currette and Billeau Ear Loop models.
Includes Freer and Locke elevator models.
Used for tracheal procedures.
For gynecological use.
Includes Weitlaner and Holzheimer retractor models.
Vienna nasal speculum models.
General surgical instruments.
For nail and tissue procedures.
Surgical retractor tools.
Dental mixing utensil.
For venous procedures.
Backhaus towel clip models.
#3 Scalpel handle with metric scale.
Includes Yankauer, Frazier, and Baron suction tube models.
Extensive list of sterile surgical forceps including Kelly-Rankin, Halsted, and Roch-Pean models.
8 inch curved gallstone forceps.
Extensive list of surgical scissors including Iris, Metzenbaum, Mayo, Operating, and Lister Bandage models.
Blackhead extractor tool.
Includes Sims and Kevorkian biopsy curettes.
Includes Graves and Pederson speculum models.
Kogan endocervical speculum.
Hegar and Hank dilator models.
Mini Tisch and Oval biopsy forceps for gynecological use.
Double hook extractor tool.
Alfonso infant eyelid speculum.
For eye surgery.
For eye surgery.
Lempert bone rongeur for orthopedic surgery.
Orthopedic probe with eye.
Large collection of needle holders including Olsen-Hegar, Halsey, Baumgartner, and Mayo-Hegar models.
If you or a family member were harmed by this recalled product, you may have legal rights. Consider consulting a consumer protection attorney to understand your options for compensation.
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