MAHURKAR and Argyle acute hemodialysis catheters, Material numbers 8813793009 8813793013 8813794005…
Medical device recall Z-1955-2019. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Jul 17, 2019.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Jul 17, 2019. Copied from openFDA on Oct 20, 2026.
- Class II FDA’s class
- Terminated its status, in FDA’s file
- Nationwide FDA’s word for where it went
- 2,223,067 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 priming volume values printed on the MAHURKA and Argyle acute catheters and Instructions for Use (IFU) are higher than the volumes required to fill each lumen.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
MAHURKAR and Argyle acute hemodialysis catheters, Material numbers 8813793009 8813793013 8813794005 8813794009 8813816005 8813816009 8813817005 8813817009 8815668007 8815668011 8815668021 8815668027 8817142005 8817143005 8817145005 8817146001 8817146007 8817149007 8817232018 8817232019 8817277007 8817277011 8817277021 8817277027 8830414001 8830414002 8830415001 8830415003 8830416001 8830416003 8830416021 8830416023 8831173010 8831173011 8831173012 8831661001 8831662001 8831663001 8831663002 8831663021 8831663022 8832539001 8832539002 8832539003 8832539006 8832539007 8888115132 8888115133 8888115162 8888115163 8888115192 8888115193 8888115242 8888115243 8888135131 8888135132 8888135133 8888135134 8888135135 8888135136 8888135137 8888135138 8888135139 8888135140 8888135141 8888135142 8888135161 8888135162 8888135163 8888135164 8888135165 8888135166 8888135167 8888135168 8888135191 8888135192 8888135193 8888135194 8888135195 8888135196 8888135197 8888135198 8888135241 8888135242 8888135243 8888135244 8888135245 8888135246 8888135247 8888135248 8888340629 8888340637 8888345504 8888345512 8888345520 8888345538 8888345603 8888345611 8888345629 8888345637 8888101001HP 8888101002HP 8888101003HP 8888101004HP 8888102003HP 8888102004HP 8888103001HP 8888103002HP 8888103003HP 8888103004HP 8888104003HP 8888104004HP 8888340629HP 8888340637HP 8888345504HP 8888345512HP 8888345520HP 8888345538HP 8888345603HP 8888345611HP 8888345629HP 8888345637HP
2,223,067, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
All lots
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.
Nationwide domestic distribution. Foreign distribution to Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Latin America, and Hong Kong.
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?
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 Apr 29, 2019.
- FDA classified it on Jul 9, 2019.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Jul 17, 2019.
- FDA terminated it on Jan 9, 2024.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- COVIDIEN LLC, of Mansfield, MA.
- 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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