Database updated: 27 October 2026
Safety Information
Medsafe Online Recall Database
Detail of Recall
| Type of Product: | Device |
| Medsafe Reference: | 15254 |
| Brand Name: | Smith & Nephew Sterile K-Wire & Steinmann Pin Products |
| Model: | Various |
| Affected: | Various |
| Software version: | |
| Recalling Organisation: | Smith & Nephew Surgical Ltd Unit A 36 Hillside road Wairau Valley AUCKLAND 0760 |
| Contact Information: | 0800 657 799 |
| Manufacturer: | Microaire Surgical Instruments LLC |
| Issue: | The manufacturer advises there is potential for the inner sterile pouch sealing of the product to be compromised, constituting a breach of the sterile barrier. |
| Recall action type: | Recall |
| Recall action: | Product to be exchanged |
| Level of recall: | Hospital/Pharmacy/Laboratory |
| Date Commenced: | 22/8/2013 |
