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Expanded Recall Information for Vicryl Rapide, Ethicon

Product group Dressings / Pads
Reference 02991/08

The company Ethicon is expanding the 2008 recall of Vicryl Rapide resorbable suture to include all other lots produced during May to July 2007 timeframe. A possible defect of the primary packaging could lead to premature suture degradation and/or impair the sterility of the product.

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