Vital Signs Disposable General Purpose 9 French Temperature Probe For monitoring of core temperature
Medical device recall Z-0407-2013. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Nov 28, 2012.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Nov 28, 2012. Copied from openFDA on Oct 20, 2026.
- Class II FDA’s class
- Terminated its status, in FDA’s file
- Nationwide FDA’s word, and 18 states named
- 243,685 units how much, in FDA’s words
Every line below is in FDA’s own words, with its source beside it. FDA’s terms are explained in FDA’s own words.
How serious is it, by FDA’s class?
Class II, the middle of FDA’s three classes.
“Products that might cause a temporary health problem, or pose only a slight threat of a serious nature. Example: a drug that is under-strength but that is not used to treat life-threatening situations.”
openFDA, in plain words, its enforcement report fields.
“Class II is a situation in which use of, or exposure to, a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote.”
FDA’s rule, 21 CFR 7.3(m)(2), eCFR.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
What’s wrong with it?
There is a potential for epistaxis during use of the Disposable General Purpose 9 French Temperature Probe.
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Which ones are recalled?
Vital Signs Disposable General Purpose 9 French Temperature Probe For monitoring of core temperature
243,685 units, in FDA’s words.
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Codes to check against yours
Model Numbers 1016, 1016EU, R1016ES; GXXXX64 All units Made in Costa Rica are affected Lot Numbers: 12089A 12131A 5575A 5586X 5633U 5664E 5685G 5712T 12090B 12138A 5578K 5603R 5636Y 5666R 5685H 5714Z 12100A 12157B 5578L 5606U 5638P 5668N…
Every code shown here, 545 characters
Model Numbers 1016, 1016EU, R1016ES; GXXXX64 All units Made in Costa Rica are affected Lot Numbers: 12089A 12131A 5575A 5586X 5633U 5664E 5685G 5712T 12090B 12138A 5578K 5603R 5636Y 5666R 5685H 5714Z 12100A 12157B 5578L 5606U 5638P 5668N 5685J 12101B 12173A 5580Y 5614N 5638Q 5669G 5689Y 12102A 5573Q 5580Z 5615N 5648T 5669H 5691T 12108B 5574A 5581A 5621U 5648U 5671D 5692H 12109B 5574B 5581L 5623H 5653Z 5673V 5696Q 12114B 5574X 5583E 5631C 5658D 5683V 5700J 12117B 5574Y 5584C 5632V 5660C 5683W 5703N 12130B 5574Z 5584D 5633T 5664D 5683X 5708R
Copied exactly as FDA lists them: lot and serial numbers, dates and other codes on the product or its label.
Where did it go?
FDA’s words for the “general area of initial distribution”: where the firm first shipped it.
Worldwide distribution: USA (nationwide) including states of: AR, CA, FL,GA, IL, LA, MA, MI, MO, NC, NH, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SE,TX, and WA; and countries of: AUSTRALIA, BARCELONA, GERMANY, NEW ZEALAND, NETHERLANDS, SWITZERLAND, and UNITED KINGDOM.
The states and territories these words name
18 states and territories.
Every one of them
- Arkansas
- California
- Florida
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Louisiana
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Missouri
- North Carolina
- New Hampshire
- New York
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- Texas
- Washington
What FDA means by nationwide
“The term “nationwide” is defined to mean the fifty states or a significant portion. Note that subsequent distribution by the consignees to other parties may not be included.”
openFDA, its enforcement report fields.
The words say it went outside the United States too.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
Is it still going on?
Terminated, in FDA’s file.
“FDA has determined that all reasonable efforts have been made to remove or correct the violative product in accordance with the recall strategy, and proper disposition has been made according to the degree of hazard.”
openFDA, on “Terminated”, its enforcement report fields.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
- The firm began the recall on Aug 17, 2012.
- FDA classified it on Nov 20, 2012.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Nov 28, 2012.
- FDA terminated it on Jun 14, 2013.
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Who is recalling it?
- Vital Signs Colorado Inc., of Englewood, CO.
- Who began it, in FDA’s words: Voluntary: Firm initiated.
- How the firm first told its customers: Letter.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
What this record can’t tell you
- Whether your own one is affected: compare the codes, dates and numbers above with yours. When unsure, ask the firm or the store.
- Where it went after the firm’s first shipments. FDA’s words cover the firm’s initial distribution, and, in FDA’s words, “subsequent distribution by the consignees to other parties may not be included.”
- How many have been returned, corrected or destroyed: FDA’s report doesn’t say.
- Whether anyone was hurt or fell ill: the report doesn’t say.
- How current it is: openFDA publishes FDA’s Enforcement Report weekly, after FDA does, and a firm can announce a recall weeks before it appears there. openFDA’s own caution: “This data should not be used as a method to collect data to issue alerts to the public, nor should it be used to track the lifecycle of a recall.”
- A product with no recall here isn’t safe by that: FDA’s report lists the recalls FDA classified, and when.
Hearth Record wrote these lines; the quotations are FDA’s.
Sources
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U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Device recall enforcement reports.
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