Z-0997-03

Portex Uncuffed Oral/Nasal Tracheal Tubes, Murphy Eye Siliconised 5 mm x 25cm Reference Number: 100/141/050

Name: Z-0997-03 Portex Uncuffed Oral/Nasal Tracheal Tubes, Murphy Eye Siliconised 5 mm x 25cm Reference Number: 100/141/050
Creator: Portex Ltd.
Published: 2003-05-16
License: https://open.fda.gov/license/

Abbott Medical / initiated 2003-05-16 / Terminated / root cause: sterility

FDA source

Portex Ltd. began a recall of Portex Uncuffed Oral/Nasal Tracheal Tubes, Murphy Eye Siliconised 5 mm x 25cm Reference Number: 100/141/050 on 2003-05-16. The reason FDA records is "Tracheal tubes may be non-sterile". As of 2026-09-10, the recall status on record is Terminated, and MDM tags the root cause as sterility.

Recall record

Recall number: Z-0997-03
Status: Terminated
Initiated: 2003-05-16
Posted: 2003-07-19
Terminated: 2006-05-02
Recalling firm: Abbott Medical
Product: Portex Uncuffed Oral/Nasal Tracheal Tubes, Murphy Eye Siliconised 5 mm x 25cm Reference Number: 100/141/050
Reason for recall: Tracheal tubes may be non-sterile
Root cause tag: sterility
FDA root cause: Other
Action: Portex Inc. Keene,NH initiated the recall by telephone to direct accounts on 5/16/03. A follow-up Recall Notification letter was issued by Federal Express on May 17, 2003. Dealers were asked to provide a consignee list or contact their accounts directly. Unused product is requested to be returned from the distributors and medical facilities.
Quantity in commerce: 30 units
Distribution: Nationwide
Product codes and lots: Lot Numbers: 161705

The FDA recall record names no cleared device, and no clearance has been matched to it.

MDM coverage of this record lists here, newest first.

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)