FDAAugust 10, 2023device

PDS Plus Antibacterial (polydioxanone) Suture, Product Numbers PDP072H40, PDP259H50, PDP416H50, PDP441H50, PDP442H50, PDP489G50, PDP489H40, PDP497G51, PDP497H16, PDP497H40, PDP498H40, PDP502V05, PDP507V05, PDP510V05, PDP515V05, PDP662H50, PDP663H50, PDP684H40, PDP9615H40, PDP9625H40, PDP9626H40, ...

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

The hazard

Internal testing on returned product from this lot confirmed that some PDS" II (polydioxanone) Sutures from this lot did not meet tensile strength requirement.

What to do

FDA enforcement status: Ongoing

Brands named

ethicon

UPCs

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Recall history

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

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