Z-2145-2024Class II

VICRYL Plus Antibacterial (polyglactin 910) Suture - Indicated for use in general soft tissue approximation...

Name: Z-2145-2024 VICRYL Plus Antibacterial (polyglactin 910) Suture - Indicated for use in general soft tissue approximation...
Creator: Ethicon, Inc.
Published: 2024-05-10
License: https://open.fda.gov/license/

Ethicon, Inc / initiated 2024-05-10 / Open, Classified / root cause: packaging

FDA source

Ethicon, Inc. began a recall of VICRYL Plus Antibacterial (polyglactin 910) Suture - Indicated for use in general soft tissue approximation and/or ligation, except for ophthalmic... on 2024-05-10. FDA classified it as Class II and gives the reason as "Issue on a specific packaging machine resulted in a hole in the primary packaging, product sterility compromised and could result in infection". As of 2026-09-10, the recall status on record is Open, Classified, and MDM tags the root cause as packaging.

Recall record

Recall number: Z-2145-2024
Classification: Class II
Status: Open, Classified
Initiated: 2024-05-10
Posted: 2024-06-14
Recalling firm: Ethicon, Inc
Product: VICRYL Plus Antibacterial (polyglactin 910) Suture - Indicated for use in general soft tissue approximation and/or ligation, except for ophthalmic, cardiovascular and neurological tissues. PRODUCT CODE: VCP196H VCP417H VCP602H VCP603H VCP662H VCPB259H VCPB946H
Product code: GAM Suture, Absorbable, Synthetic, Polyglycolic Acid
Reason for recall: Issue on a specific packaging machine resulted in a hole in the primary packaging, product sterility compromised and could result in infection .
Root cause tag: packaging
FDA root cause: Under Investigation by firm
Action: Erhicon issued Urgent: Medical Device Recall (Removal) letter on May 10, 2024 to US Distributors, primary and secondary consignees via UPS second day. Ethicon Johnson & Johnson affiliates in EMEA, LATAM, APAC and Canada will be contacting all their impacted primary and secondary consignees and/or end customers. Letter states reason for recall, health risk and action to take: 1. Determine whether you have inventory of the lots listed in Attachment 1. If so, you may " Option 1: Remove the first package of suture from a complete box, i. Quarantine and return it for credit. You may use the remaining 35 sutures in accordance with the IFU. (See Figure 2 below for location of first package) OR ii. Examine the first package of a complete box prior to use. Quarantine and return this unit if a packaging defect is identified. (See Figure 2 below for location of first package). If no defect is found, the product and remaining 35 sutures in the box may be used accordance with the IFU. OR "Option 2: Quarantine all product in scope and return all inventory for credit. Please maintain a copy of this notice with the quarantined product and keep a copy for your records. 2. Communicate the issue to relevant operating room or materials management personnel, or anyone else in your facility who needs to be informed. If any product subject to this recall has been forwarded to another facility, contact that facility to arrange return. Please consider including a copy of this recall letter when communicating. 3. Complete the Business Reply Form (BRF) (Attachment 3) confirming receipt of this notice and fax or email to Sedgwick at 800-901-0335 or [email protected] within three (3) business days. Please return the BRF even if you do not have product subject to this recall. 4. Customers are required to return unused sutures with holes in the primary packaging subject to this recall that are in inventory immediately. To receive credit for items returned, customers must return product no
Quantity in commerce: 55296 units
Distribution: Worldwide distribution - US Nationwide including PR and the countries of AR, AU, AU, BE, BR, CA, CA, CL, CN, CO, CR, EC, IL, JP, JP, KW, MX, NZ, PA, PR, PR, SA, SG, UY, ZA.
Product codes and lots: GTIN: 10705031051546 10705031052147 10705031053038 10705031054370 10705031054394 10705031054677 10705031150492 10705031056329 10705031056725 10705031150119 10705031150287 10705031150447 PRODUCT CODE PRODUCT LOTS VCP196H UBMDDB VCP417H UAMQML VCP602H UAMQQL UAMSCA VCP603H UAMHTC UAMHZZ UAMEDC VCP662H UBMJSH VCPB259H UAMPKR VCPB946H UAMLJA

Enforcement reports

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FDA enforcement reports joined to recall event Z-2145-2024
Recall number	Class	Status	Voluntary or mandated	Report date	Classified
Z-2144-2024	Class II	Ongoing	Voluntary: Firm initiated	2024-06-26	2024-06-14
Z-2145-2024	Class II	Ongoing	Voluntary: Firm initiated	2024-06-26	2024-06-14
Z-2146-2024	Class II	Ongoing	Voluntary: Firm initiated	2024-06-26	2024-06-14
Z-2147-2024	Class II	Ongoing	Voluntary: Firm initiated	2024-06-26	2024-06-14
Z-2148-2024	Class II	Ongoing	Voluntary: Firm initiated	2024-06-26	2024-06-14
Z-2149-2024	Class II	Ongoing	Voluntary: Firm initiated	2024-06-26	2024-06-14

Product code GAM

K181652Class IICoated Vicryl Plus Antibacterial (Polyglactin 910) Absorable SutureETHICON, Inc. / cleared 2018-09-28

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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)