STERRAD Cyclesure Biological Indicator (BI
Medical device recall Z-0604-2014. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Jan 8, 2014.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Jan 8, 2014. Copied from openFDA on Oct 20, 2026.
- Class II FDA’s class
- Terminated its status, in FDA’s file
- Not named no state, in where it went
- 4048 units total (4014 units in US) 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?
Advanced Sterilization Products (ASP) is recalling the STERRAD Cyclesure Biological Indicator (BI) because ASP has identified a microscopic intermittent and low frequency flaw in the outer vial of the STERRAD Cyclesure 24 Biological Indicator.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
STERRAD Cyclesure Biological Indicator (BI, Part No. 14324. Intended to be used as a standard method for frequent monitoring of the STERRAD Sterilization System cycles.
4048 units total (4014 units in US), in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
Batch/Lot No. 14913706 15013706 15413706 15413106 15513706 15613706 15713706 15913706 16113706 16113106 16213706 16413706 16413806 16613706 16813706 16813806 16913706 17113706 17213706 17513706 17613706 17713706 17813706 17913706 18013706…
Every code shown here, 778 characters
Batch/Lot No. 14913706 15013706 15413706 15413106 15513706 15613706 15713706 15913706 16113706 16113106 16213706 16413706 16413806 16613706 16813706 16813806 16913706 17113706 17213706 17513706 17613706 17713706 17813706 17913706 18013706 18313706 18413706 18913706 19013706 19113706 19213706 19313706 19613706 19713706 19813706 19913706 20013706 20113706 20313706 20413706 20613706 20713706 20813706 21113706 21213706 21313706 21413706 21513706 21513806 21713706 21813706 21913706 22013706 22113706 22213706 22413706 22513706 22613706 22713706 22813706 22913706 23113706 23113806 23213706 23313706 23413706 23513706 23813706 23913706 24013706 24113706 24513706 24813106 24913706 25313106 25613106 26113106 26613106 26813106 27313106 27513106 28713106 28913106 29513106 30113106
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.
These words name no state.
The words say it went outside the United States too.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
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 Nov 26, 2013.
- FDA classified it on Dec 28, 2013.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Jan 8, 2014.
- FDA terminated it on Mar 5, 2014.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- Advanced Sterilization Products, of Irvine, CA.
- 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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