Medical Device
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Z-0090-2022Class I

EcoGel 100 - RED Medical Supplies Green Ultrasound Gel, Model No. 250UG-GLU

Red Medical Supplies / initiated 2021-08-11 / Open, Classified / root cause: manufacturing process

Red Medical Supplies began a recall of EcoGel 100 - RED Medical Supplies Green Ultrasound Gel, Model No. 250UG-GLU on . FDA classified it as Class I and gives the reason as "Ultrasound gels and lotions manufactured by Eco-Med Pharmaceutical, Inc. may contain bacterial contamination. On August 18, 2021,FDA published a Letter to Health Care Providers to further address this issue...". As of , the recall status on record is Open, Classified, and MDM tags the root cause as manufacturing process.

Recall record

Recall number
Z-0090-2022
Classification
Class I
Status
Open, Classified
Initiated
Posted
Recalling firm
Red Medical Supplies
Product
EcoGel 100 - RED Medical Supplies Green Ultrasound Gel, Model No. 250UG-GLU
Product code
ITX Transducer, Ultrasonic, Diagnostic
Reason for recall
Ultrasound gels and lotions manufactured by Eco-Med Pharmaceutical, Inc. may contain bacterial contamination. On August 18, 2021,FDA published a Letter to Health Care Providers to further address this issue: https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/letters-health-care-providers/stop-using-all-eco-med-ultrasound-gels-and-lotions-due-risk-bacterial-contamination-letter-health.
Root cause tag
manufacturing process
FDA root cause
Process control
Action
According to the firm, Amazon.com has issued recall notification to all customers via email. Customers were instructed to return the product as soon as possible. An automatic refund has been issued by Amazon.com as soon as the product was recalled. Amazon.com is in charge of the disposal.
Quantity in commerce
639
Distribution
Firm sold product through Amazon.com. Domestic distribution nationwide.
Product codes and lots
All product manufactured by Eco-Med between 2020.09.23 - 2021.08.08

Enforcement reports

One row per recalled product line
FDA enforcement reports joined to recall event Z-0090-2022
Recall numberClassStatusVoluntary or mandatedReport dateClassified
Z-0088-2022Class IOngoingVoluntary: Firm initiated
Z-0089-2022Class IOngoingVoluntary: Firm initiated
Z-0090-2022Class IOngoingVoluntary: Firm initiated