AMSCO 5000 Series Washer/Disinfector
Medical device recall Z-0996-2019. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Mar 20, 2019.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Mar 20, 2019. Copied from openFDA on Oct 20, 2026.
- Class II FDA’s class
- Terminated its status, in FDA’s file
- 27 states named in where it went
- 68 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?
The software in the systems may not process the cycle originally intended. This could result in damage to the various medical devices and instruments processed in the washer/disinfector or potential for inadequate cleaning or disinfection.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
AMSCO 5000 Series Washer/Disinfector Model # 5052
68, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
Serial Numbers 3627418005 3601518006 3612718013 3633817009 3632318011 3626718014 3625114008 3600515028 3600515029 3600515030 3628516022 3626718013 3631618008 3627418007 3624514006 3628818001 3608518007 3634517006 3630218008 3605316016…
Every code shown here, 763 characters
Serial Numbers 3627418005 3601518006 3612718013 3633817009 3632318011 3626718014 3625114008 3600515028 3600515029 3600515030 3628516022 3626718013 3631618008 3627418007 3624514006 3628818001 3608518007 3634517006 3630218008 3605316016 3600917004 3628218007 3628818003 3629518009 3626718009 3626718011 3627418001 3627418002 3630218012 3630218013 3630918013 3632318012 3626718016 3634517005 3631414004 3603618005 3607217008 3630318013 3626817008 3628317012 3616615026 3630918014 3633018006 3628218009 3632318009 3628218011 3623615011A 3601518012 3612817007 3627418009 3628218006 3627418008 3631618007 3617315011 3614818009 3624017008 3629215012 3614516007 3628218010 3610216025 3634313010 3611715016 3628818005 3615617008 3624017009 3616516020 3627418004 3627418006
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.
The products were distributed to the following US states: AL, AR, CA, CO, FL, GA, IL, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, NC, NJ, NM, NY, OK, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, and WV. The products were distributed to the following foreign countries: Bahrain, Brazil, Canada, China, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, and Taiwan.
The states and territories these words name
27 states and territories.
Every one of them
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Florida
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Louisiana
- Massachusetts
- Maryland
- Maine
- Michigan
- North Carolina
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Virginia
- Washington
- Wisconsin
- West Virginia
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 Dec 20, 2018.
- FDA classified it on Mar 8, 2019.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Mar 20, 2019.
- FDA terminated it on Jul 22, 2019.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- Steris Corporation, of Mentor, OH.
- 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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