Z-2043-2018Class II

Medical Action Industries Inc. Blue OR Towel Non X-Ray Detectable (6 Towels per Pack) / product # AVID266...

Name: Z-2043-2018 Medical Action Industries Inc. Blue OR Towel Non X-Ray Detectable (6 Towels per Pack) / product # AVID266...
Creator: Medical Action Industries Inc
Published: 2017-12-11
License: https://open.fda.gov/license/

Medical Action Industries, Inc. 306 / initiated 2017-12-11 / Terminated / root cause: manufacturing process

FDA source

Medical Action Industries Inc began a recall of Medical Action Industries Inc. Blue OR Towel Non X-Ray Detectable (6 Towels per Pack) / product # AVID266 Sterile This OR towel product is intended for... on 2017-12-11. FDA classified it as Class II and gives the reason as "Product sterility potentially compromised". As of 2026-09-10, the recall status on record is Terminated, and MDM tags the root cause as manufacturing process.

Recall record

Recall number: Z-2043-2018
Classification: Class II
Status: Terminated
Initiated: 2017-12-11
Posted: 2018-05-31
Terminated: 2020-09-22
Recalling firm: Medical Action Industries, Inc. 306
Product: Medical Action Industries Inc. Blue OR Towel Non X-Ray Detectable (6 Towels per Pack) / product # AVID266 Sterile This OR towel product is intended for external use only. These towels are intended to be used as absorbent towels for hand drying, cleanup, and to provide increased absorbency of blood and bodily fluids. There are no instruction catalogues or manuals included with the product as these are intended to be used in accordance with hospital protocol.
Product code: FRL Fiber, Medical, Absorbent
Reason for recall: Product sterility potentially compromised.
Root cause tag: manufacturing process
FDA root cause: Process control
Action: On December 11, 2017, the firm sent letters to their consignee informing them to: Immediately examine your inventory and quarantine all product subject to this recall notification. In addition, if you may have further distributed this product, please identify your customers and notify them at once of this product recall. Your notification to your customers may be enhanced by including a copy of this recall notification letter. Replacement product should be available within the next two weeks. Should you have immediate replacement needs in the interim, we do have sufficient inventory of AVID265, Blue OR Towel Non X-Ray Detectable (4 Towels per Pack), available for immediate distribution. Your assistance is appreciated and necessary to prevent any unintended use of affected product. Please complete and return the enclosed response form as soon as possible. For further questions, please call (828_ 338-7604.
Quantity in commerce: 31,440 Towels
Distribution: US Distribution to the states of : CO, KS, MN, NY, RI, TX, and WA and Internationally to Canada
Product codes and lots: Item Code #AVID266, Lot No. 231479, Exp. Date 08/31/2021 and Item Code #AVID266, Lot No. 232564, Exp. Date 11/06/2021.

Enforcement reports

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FDA enforcement reports joined to recall event Z-2043-2018
Recall number	Class	Status	Voluntary or mandated	Report date	Classified
Z-2043-2018	Class II	Terminated	Voluntary: Firm initiated	2018-06-06	2018-05-31

Product code FRL

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About this record

Sourced from the FDA device recall database and the FDA enforcement reports, both ingested from openFDA. The recall record supplies the product, the reason and the product code; the enforcement report supplies the classification. The two datasets are exported by FDA on different days, and the date above is the older of the two, so nothing on this page is newer than it says.

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Data as of 2026-09-30, the FDA export date for this dataset. Page last changed 2026-09-05. View this recall on fda.gov (opens on fda.gov)