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Covidien - safety alert

Official notice

11 Mar 2020

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An official FDA notice concerns Covidien. The notice reports an infection risk. Follow the official notice for consumer instructions. Published 2020-03-11. Recall numbers: Z-1446-2020. Check the official notice for the complete list.

What to do now

Instructions for consumers are available in the official FDA notice.

Units affected

70,361

Recall number

Z-1446-2020

Official notice

2020-03-11

The hazard

Infection risk

How to check if you're affected

Compare the product name and identifiers below with the item you own. Follow the official notice if they match.

Event Ids

84991

Recall Numbers

Z-1446-2020

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Where it was sold

The source does not list specific retailers. See the official notice for where affected products were sold.

Location 1

US · United States

Affected area 1

US · United States

Affected area 2

AT · Austria

Affected area 3

AU · Australia

Affected area 4

BE · Belgium

Affected area 5

CA · Canada

Affected area 6

CH · Switzerland

Affected area 7

CZ · Czech Republic

Affected area 8

DE · Germany

Affected area 9

DK · Denmark

Affected area 10

ES · Spain

Affected area 11

FI · Finland

Affected area 12

FR · France

Affected area 13

GB · United Kingdom

Affected area 14

GR · Greece

Affected area 15

HU · Hungary

Affected area 16

IT · Italy

Affected area 17

JO · Jordan

Affected area 18

LT · Lithuania

Affected area 19

LU · Luxembourg

Affected area 20

PL · Poland

Affected area 21

PT · Portugal

Affected area 22

RO · Romania

Affected area 23

RS · Serbia

Affected area 24

SE · Sweden

Affected area 25

SK · Slovakia

Company & contacts

Manufacturer

Not provided

Phone

Not provided

Brand: Covidien. Contact: Covidien Llc.

Source & status

Source

Tier

official

Category

ELECTRONICS

Classification

Class II

App estimate

medium

Recall details

Recall number

Z-1446-2020

Event id

84991

Units affected

70,361

Status

terminated

Classification

Class II

Source tier

official

Documents, notices & source

See the official notice and source documents for full details.

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