Cardinal Health recalls umbilical vessel catheter insertion trays with packaging defect that may compromise sterility, risking neonatal infections. Affected units include specific catalog numbers and lots.
“Cardinal Health Umbilical Vessel Catheter Tray Recall: Packaging Defect Risks Neonatal.” GovInfoNow, updated August 18, 2026. https://govinfonow.com/recall/52348-cardinal-health-umbilical-vessel-catheter-tray-recall-packaging-defect-risks. Based on FDA recall #Z-1870-2025 (https://api.fda.gov/device/enforcement.json?search=recall_number:%22Z-1870-2025%22&limit=1).
Cardinal Health 200, LLC recalled one lot of Umbilical Vessel Catheter Insertion Tray with Catalog No. 8888160119 due to a packaging defect that may compromise sterility, the FDA said on May 2, 2025. Use of the non-sterile product could lead to infection in neonates.
How to tell if you have it
Brand: Cardinal Health
Product: Umbilical Vessel Catheter Insertion Tray with 2.5 and 5 French UVCs
Catalog No.: 8888160119
Lot code: 2502400146
The hazard
The packaging defect may compromise the sterility of the product. Use of a non-sterile product on the patient could lead to infection in neonates.
Context
GovInfoNow's records show Cardinal Health 200, LLC has 58 other recalls on record since 2017-06-27. Other recent recalls of similar products include Presource Packs Containing Stryker StrykeFlow PS and AHTO tube sets (2026-08-18), Presource Convenience Kits Recall (2026-08-10), and Presource Packs with Contaminated Wipes May Cause Skin Irritation (2026-07-29). Other recent recalls of similar products include Blood Culture Kits Recall (2026-06-12), Acute High Pressure Catheter Tray Recall (2025-10-17), and Convenience Kits Recall (2026-06-12).
How to tell if you have this one
Check for Catalog No. 8888160119 on the tray. The lot number 2502400146 is also associated with the affected units.
Brand
Cardinal Health
Category
Medical device
FDA recall event · 6 products
All 6 products in this recall
FDA lists each product line separately under one recall event. Check your product description, lot or code numbers against each row. Every row shares the hazard and remedy on this page.
Classification
Class II
Status
Ongoing
Distribution
Worldwide - US Nationwide distribution including in the states of AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, HI, IA, IL, IN, KS, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, PR, RI, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, WV and the countries of Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Singapore, South Africa.
Recall number
Product, codes & lots
Quantity
Z-1870-2025
Catalog No. 8888160119; Umbilical Vessel Catheter Insertion Tray with 2.5 and 5 French UVCs; UDI-DI (ea) 10192253040289; UDI-DI (box) 50192253040287 Lot 2502400146
Look for Catalog No. 8888160119 and lot number 2502400146 on the tray packaging.
Where it went and when
Where it was distributed
Distributed nationwide and abroad; the notice names 39 states.
Named in the notice
Covered by “nationwide”
Not listed
FDA distribution: “Worldwide - US Nationwide distribution including in the states of AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, HI, IA, IL, IN, KS, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, PR, RI, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, WV and the…” States read from FDA’s own wording; “not listed” means the notice does not name it.
Named in the notice: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin.
Recall timeline
FDA published this recall 33 days after the firm started it.
1Firm started the recall
2FDA classified it Class II
3Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report
Dates from the agency record only; steps without a date are left out.
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 #Z-1870-2025 (May 2, 2025) — FDA publishes no per-recall page; this is the official machine-readable enforcement record. Search FDA recalls for Z-1870-2025 to see it in context.
Plain-language summary written by qwen3:4b on August 18, 2026, from the official record above. Not reviewed by a person — if it conflicts with the FDA notice, the notice is correct. Report an error on this page.
GovInfoNow is an independent service and is not a government agency. We republish official FDA recall data; we don’t issue, amend or administer recalls.