Medical Action Industries Central Line Dressing Kit Expiry Date Issue
Recall of Central Line Dressing Kit 20/Cs with shorter expiry date than labeled. Affected units expire 03/31/2024. No immediate action needed but check expiration dates.
Lower-risk recall
The ChloraPrep 3ml kit component has a shorter expiry date than the labeled kit expiry date.
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What happened, in plain English
Medical Action Industries is recalling Central Line Dressing Kits 20/Cs due to a shorter expiry date than labeled. This could lead to expired products being used, but it does not pose an immediate safety risk. Read more at govinfonow.com/recall/61823-medical-action-industries-central-line-dressing-kit-expiry-date-issue.
Source Summary by GovInfoNow · govinfonow.com/recall/61823-medical-action-industries-central-line-dressing-kit-expiry-date-issue · Updated August 19, 2026 · FDA enforcement record: FDA #Z-0147-2022
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“Medical Action Industries Central Line Dressing Kit Expiry Date Issue.” GovInfoNow, updated August 19, 2026. https://govinfonow.com/recall/61823-medical-action-industries-central-line-dressing-kit-expiry-date-issue. Based on FDA recall #Z-0147-2022 (https://api.fda.gov/device/enforcement.json?search=recall_number:%22Z-0147-2022%22&limit=1).
Why it’s dangerous
The ChloraPrep 3ml kit component expires earlier than the labeled kit expiration date. Using expired products may not be effective for medical purposes but does not cause immediate injury.
Who’s affected
Patients using Central Line Dressing Kits 20/Cs from Medical Action Industries. Healthcare providers and patients who have the kit with the specific product code and batch number are most at risk.
How to tell if you have this one
Check for product code 59815B and batch number 0000285665 on the kit. The kit expires 03/31/2024. This kit is sold under the brand Medical Action Industries.
- Brand
Medical Action Industries- Category
Medical device
What to do — step by step
Check Expiration Date
Verify the kit's expiration date is 03/31/2024. If expired, do not use it.
Where it went and when
Where it was distributed
Distributed in Michigan.
FDA distribution: “Distribution to a single US distributor in Michigan” States read from FDA’s own wording; “not listed” means the notice does not name it.
States: Michigan.
Recall timeline
FDA terminated this recall 2.1 years after the firm started it.
- Firm started the recall
- FDA classified it Class II
- 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 #Z-0147-2022 (September 8, 2021) — FDA publishes no per-recall page; this is the official machine-readable enforcement record. Search FDA recalls for Z-0147-2022 to see it in context.
- Plain-language summary written by qwen3:4b on August 19, 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.
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