W&H Surgical handpiece S-12
Medical device recall Z-1168-2024. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Feb 28, 2024.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Feb 28, 2024. Copied from openFDA on Oct 20, 2026.
- Class II FDA’s class
- Ongoing its status, in FDA’s file
- Nationwide FDA’s word for where it went
- 160 pieces 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?
1:2 speed increasing surgical handpieces have been incorrectly laser marked during production. The specific laser marking should read 1:2, but instead it reads 1:1 on the body of the handpiece
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
W&H Surgical handpiece S-12. For Surgical treatment of dental hard tissue Model Number: 30061000
160 pieces, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
UDI-DI: J021300610011 US Serial Numbers: 04931 04932 04933 04934 04935 04936 04937 04938 04939 04940 04941 04942 04943 04944 04945 04946 04947 04948 04949 04950 04951 04952 04953 04954 04955 04956 04957 04958 04959 04960 04961 04962 04963…
Every code shown here, 1,000 characters
UDI-DI: J021300610011 US Serial Numbers: 04931 04932 04933 04934 04935 04936 04937 04938 04939 04940 04941 04942 04943 04944 04945 04946 04947 04948 04949 04950 04951 04952 04953 04954 04955 04956 04957 04958 04959 04960 04961 04962 04963 04964 04965 04966 04967 04968 04969 04970 04971 04973 04974 04975 04976 04977 04978 04979 04980 04981 04982 04983 04984 04995 04996 04999 05004 05005 05006 05007 05008 05009 05010 05011 05012 05013 05014 05015 05016 05017 05018 05019 05020 05021 05022 05023 05024 05025 05026 05027 05028 05029 05030 05031 05032 05033 05034 05035 05036 05037 05040 05041 05042 05043 05044 05045 05046 05047 05048 05049 05050 05051 05052 05053 05054 05055 05061 05062 05063 05064 05065 05066 05067 05068 05069 05070 05071 05072 05073 05074 05075 05076 05077 05078 05079 05080 05081 05082 05083 05084 05085 05086 05087 05088 05089 05090 05091 05092 05093 05094 05095 05096 05097 05098 05099 05100 05101 05102 05103 05104 05105 05111 05112 05113 05116 05117 05118 05119 05120 05121
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 - US Nationwide and the countries of Canada, Australia, Philippines, Sweden.
These words name no state.
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?
Ongoing, in FDA’s file.
“A recall which is currently in progress.”
openFDA, on “On-Going”, 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 Jan 16, 2024.
- FDA classified it on Feb 20, 2024.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Feb 28, 2024.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- W&H DENTALWERK BUERMOOS GMBH, of BUERMOOS, Austria.
- Who began it, in FDA’s words: Voluntary: Firm initiated.
- How the firm first told its customers: E-Mail.
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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