Sage Products Q Care Continue Care Kit: Incorrect Expiration Date Risk
Sage Products recalls Q Care Continue Care Kit for non-ventilated patients due to incorrect expiration date printed on the kit. The kit expires November 13, 2017 instead of August 28, 2017. Consumers should check their kit's expiration date and contact Sage for details.
Lower-risk recall
Labeling: Incorrect or Missing Lot and/or Exp Date: The expiration date of the Q Care Continue Care kit is printed with an expiration date of November 13, 2017; rather than the correct date of August 28, 2017 (date of expiration of the Corinz Antiseptic Cleansing & Moisturizing Oral Rinse). Note, the correct expiration date of August 28, 2017, is printed on the Corinz Oral Rinse package.
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What happened, in plain English
Sage Products is recalling Q Care Continue Care Kits for non-ventilated patients because the expiration date printed on the kit is incorrect. The kit shows an expiration date of November 13, 2017, but the correct expiration date is August 28, 2017. Using this kit past its correct expiration date could lead to ineffective treatment. Read more at govinfonow.com/recall/42060-sage-products-q-care-continue-care-kit-incorrect-expiration-date.
Source Summary by GovInfoNow · govinfonow.com/recall/42060-sage-products-q-care-continue-care-kit-incorrect-expiration-date · Updated October 8, 2026 · FDA enforcement record: FDA #D-0489-2017
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“Sage Products Q Care Continue Care Kit: Incorrect Expiration Date Risk.” GovInfoNow, updated October 8, 2026. https://govinfonow.com/recall/42060-sage-products-q-care-continue-care-kit-incorrect-expiration-date. Based on FDA recall #D-0489-2017 (https://api.fda.gov/drug/enforcement.json?search=recall_number:%22D-0489-2017%22&limit=1).
Why it’s dangerous
The kit's expiration date is printed incorrectly as November 13, 2017, instead of the correct August 28, 2017. This means the kit may become ineffective after the correct expiration date, potentially leading to inadequate treatment for the patient.
Who’s affected
Patients using Q Care Continue Care Kits for non-ventilated patients who purchased the kit with the incorrect expiration date. Those most at risk are individuals who rely on the kit for medical treatment and may not notice the expiration date error.
How to tell if you have this one
Check the expiration date on the Q Care Continue Care Kit label. The kit should show an expiration date of November 13, 2017, but the correct date is August 28, 2017. The kit contains 1 Covered Yankauer and 2 Suction Toothbrush packages.
- Brand
Sage Products- Product
Q Care Continue Care Kit for the non-ventilated patient; kit contains 1 Covered Yankauer, 2 Suction Toothbrush packages- Category
Drug
What to do — step by step
Check Expiration Date
Look for the expiration date printed on the kit label. The kit shows November 13, 2017, but the correct expiration date is August 28, 2017.
Where it went and when
Where it was distributed
Distributed nationwide.
FDA distribution: “Nationwide in the USA” States read from FDA’s own wording; “not listed” means the notice does not name it.
Distributed nationwide.
Recall timeline
FDA terminated this recall 19 months after the firm started it.
- Firm started the recall
- FDA classified it Class III
- Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report
- FDA terminated the recall
Dates from the agency record only; steps without a date are left out.
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The facts (hazard, remedy, dates, manufacturer) are pulled from the official FDA recall record. The plain-language summary and step-by-step checklist are written by GovInfoNow to make the official notice easier to act on — they don’t replace it.
- Official source: FDA Recall #D-0489-2017 (February 2, 2017) — FDA publishes no per-recall page; this is the official machine-readable enforcement record. Search FDA recalls for D-0489-2017 to see it in context.
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