FDADecember 22, 2014device

Puritan absorbent foam tipped applicator; Catalog Number 25-1406 1 PF BT. Sterile absorbent foam tipped applicator used to apply medication or to obtain specimens from a patient.

Official recall recorded by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration.

The hazard

Shaft breaks so that adequate patient specimen sample cannot be obtained.

What to do

FDA enforcement status: Terminated

Brands named

puritan medical productspuritanpuritan medical

Recall history

Other federal recalls tied to the same brand — a factual pattern, straight from the source data.

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