Database updated: 27 October 2026
Safety Information
Medsafe Online Recall Database
Detail of Recall
| Type of Product: | Device |
| Medsafe Reference: | 27877 |
| Brand Name: | Surgical Holdings - K-Wires |
| Model: | |
| Affected: | Multiple lots |
| Software version: | |
| Recalling Organisation: | Downs Distributors Ltd 9 Airborne Road North Harbour AUCKLAND |
| Contact Information: | 0800 800 234 |
| Manufacturer: | Surgical Holdings Ltd |
| Issue: | The manufacturer has indentified an error in packaging of instructions for use (IFU) for the Non-Sterile Kirschner Arthrodesis Wires. The product label states correctly that the K-Wires are non-sterile however the incorrect IFU has been placed into the packaging referring to sterile product. |
| Recall action type: | Correction |
| Recall action: | Product to be returned to supplier |
| Level of recall: | Hospital/Pharmacy/Laboratory |
| Date Commenced: | 11/6/2021 |
