Ameda Dual Short Term HygieniKit Milk Collections System (SKU 17115) - Primary packaging is 12 pouches with Tyvek header (10.75 x 16.375 x 3") within a secondary corrugated shipper (20.75 x 15.50 x 8.5" inner dimensions). The device is intended to be connected to a powered breast pump or adapted for use with a manual breast pump to express and collect the mother's milk of a nursing woman for the purpose of feeding the collected milk to a baby.
- Company
- Ameda, Inc.
- Recall Initiated
- February 12, 2015
- Posted
- March 26, 2015
- Terminated
- July 21, 2017
- Recall Number
- Z-1327-2015
- Quantity
- 12 collection systems
- Firm Location
- Buffalo Grove, IL
Reason for Recall
Devices were not sterilized
Distribution
Nationwide Distribution including CA, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, LA, MA, MD, MO, MS, NC, NJ, NY, OK, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, and WA.
Lot / Code Info
SKU 17115; Lot 5B01
Root Cause
Under Investigation by firm
Action Taken
Ameda sent an URGENT: MEDICAL DEVICE RECALL letter dated February 12, 2015 to all affected customers. The letter included instructions for distributors to: 1) quarantine the recalled products; 2) complete and return the enclosed Recall Response Forms within 3 days of receiving the letter; 3) upon receipt of the completed Recall Response Form, an Ameda representative would contact the distributor to make arrangements for the return of the recalled products; 4) Ameda will use the information provided in the returned Recall Response Form to contact the distributor's customers of record to arrange for the return of recalled product that was already shipped to the customers of record; and, 5) replacement product will be shipped to both distributors and their customers of record upon receipt of the completed Recall Response Form. Questions about this recall will be answered by Ameda personnel who can be reached at 847-964-2645.