# FDA recall Z-2943-2018

> **Bard Medical Division** · Class II · device recall initiated 2018-03-21.

## Product

Bard Midstream Urine Collector with Rigid Funnel and Iodophor Prep Pads.  Product Packaging: Three (3) PVP-I prep pads are packed into each urine collection kit carton along with a pre-connected drainage funnel, specimen container, funnel lid, specimen lid and a room label.

## Reason for recall

Medline notified BMD that the Aplicare Povidone Iodine (PVP-I) Prep Pads were not meeting the iodine assay level requirements to support 36 month expiration dating.

## Distribution

AR, CA, CO, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NJ, NY, SC, TN, TX, UT, and WA,

## Key facts

- **Recall number:** Z-2943-2018
- **Recalling firm:** Bard Medical Division
- **Classification:** Class II
- **Product type:** device
- **Status:** Terminated
- **Initiation date:** 2018-03-21
- **Report date:** 2018-09-05
- **Termination date:** 2020-04-02

- **Voluntary/Mandated:** Voluntary: Firm initiated
- **Location:** Covington, GA, United States

## Primary source

FDA Enforcement Reports: https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/ires/index.cfm?Product=Z-2943-2018

## Citation

> AI Analytics. FDA recall Z-2943-2018. Retrieved 2026-06-02 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/recall/Z-2943-2018. Source: US FDA. Licensed CC0.

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