PHS Spinal Tray 24G Gertie Marx, Catalogue No. 899379. Intended to provide licensed medical professionals with a kit containing drugs and other medical devices that are used to support the administration of general, local anesthetics.

Recall Insight

This FDA Devices action (record #Z-2868-2016) was formally reported on September 28, 2016, with the manufacturer initiating the action on August 24, 2016. It is classified under Moderate severity (Class II), with a current status of Terminated. Integra LifeSciences Corp. d.b.a. Integra Pain Management is listed as the recalling firm, operating out of Salt Lake City, UT. Federal records indicate 320 packages units are affected.

The documented reason for this recall is: Integra LifeSciences has recently identified that one lot of Spinal Tray 24 G Gertie Marx Catalogue # 899379 was shipped containing the 24 G Gertie Marx needle without an introducer. Distribution data in the federal record shows the product reached: Distributed to CA.. Distribution scope directly affects the consumer exposure window and determines whether a recall remains regional or escalates into a nationwide advisory.

To put this record in context, PlainRecalls indexes 83,949 recalls across the FDA, CPSC, NHTSA and USDA FSIS going back to 1995. Within the same product category, the database holds 6 closely related recalls, of which 6 were also issued by FDA Devices. That clustering is a signal — repeated actions in a narrow category often indicate a systemic quality-control issue, a supplier-wide contamination, or a design defect that has propagated across product lines. This recall is roughly 10 years old; older recalls can remain relevant because many units enter resale, rental, and secondary-market channels where the original warning never reaches the end user. Always cross-check the recall number against the official agency page before relying on any summary.