FDADecember 28, 2017device

HYPOTHERMIA CAP Supportive in Cancer, packaged under the following brands: (a) Elasto-Gel(TM), CAP610 (b) Elasto-Gel(TM), CAP610LV (c) Elasto-Gel(TM), CAP613 (d) Elasto-Gel(TM), CAP617 (e) Elasto-Gel(TM), CAP619 (f) Elasto-Gel(TM), CAP619LV (g) Elasto-Gel(TM), CAP622

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

The hazard

Hypothermia mitts, hypothermia slippers, and hypothermia caps on the market are misbranded for use during chemotherapy treatments. Additionally, Southwest Technologies, Inc. was informed of 2 events of frostbite to digits in the last year while using the hypothermia mitts.

What to do

FDA enforcement status: Ongoing

Brands named

southwest technologiessouthwest

Recall history

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

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