Skip to main content
RecallFDAfda-Z-0434-2014STERILITY ISSUE

STERITITE Containers: STERITITE Container Kit, 1/4 size, 3" high, product code: 13902; STERITITE Mini Mid Size, 3" high, product code: 13...

Units Affected
267
Recall Date
October 3, 2013
Issuing Agency
Hazard
Sterility Issue

FDA Recall Notice

Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) — official FDA notice for recall FDA-Z-0434-2014.

Advanced Sterilization Products (ASP) is recalling the SteriTite containers because they do not have consistent data to show that sterility assurance level of 10(-6) is achieved during the half-cycle test runs on new, unprocessed containers.

Corrective Action (per FDA)

Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) — official FDA notice for recall FDA-Z-0434-2014.

Recall terminated by FDA.

🩺 Talk to your doctor or pharmacist

Product Recall Tracker does not provide medical advice. Any specific instructions about this medication or device come directly from the FDA notice above. Before making any change to your treatment:

  1. Do not stop, change, or discard your prescription on your own.
  2. Call your doctor or pharmacist and ask whether this FDA notice applies to your prescription (have the brand name, dosage, and lot number ready if you can find them).
  3. Follow your clinician's guidance on whether to continue, switch, or return the product.
  4. If you have experienced a reaction, seek medical care and report it to the FDA via MedWatch.
  5. For the official FDA notice, visit the FDA recalls page.

Consumer Contact (per FDA)

Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) — official FDA notice for recall FDA-Z-0434-2014.

Advanced Sterilization Products

FDA

About the U.S. Food and Drug Administration

The FDA regulates drugs, medical devices, food, cosmetics, and tobacco. Adverse event reports and recall notices are the main public safety signal.

Visit FDA.gov →

📣 Report an adverse event to the FDA (MedWatch)

If you had an adverse reaction, side effect, or device malfunction from this medication or device, report it to the FDA through MedWatch. Talk to your doctor or pharmacist first — do not stop a prescription on your own. Reports help the FDA detect rare or emerging safety signals and can lead to label changes or recalls.

How to report to FDAFile a report at FDA

Advanced Sterilization Products Recall FAQ

Advanced Sterilization Products is the subject of a surgical devices safety report: STERITITE Containers: STERITITE Container Kit, 1/4 size, 3" high, product code: 13902; STERITITE Mini Mid Size, 3" high, product code: 13.... The notice was published on October 3, 2013 by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Approximately 267 units are potentially affected.