Catheter, Conduction, Anesthetic
FDA adverse event reports and recall history for catheter, conduction, anesthetic (product code BSO), from the public MAUDE/AEMS corpus and the live FDA recall database.
- Total reports
- 2,582
- Deaths
- 9
- Injuries
- 479
- Malfunctions
- 1,907
Reports per year
Source: FDA adverse event reports by year received, 2012–2026. Reporting paused during the 2026 MAUDE-to-AEMS transition and has since resumed.
Recent recalls
- 2026-06-13Open, ClassifiedNonconforming Material/Component
Description/REF: EPIDURAL CATHETER KIT: 19 GA X 90 CM/ASK-05502-VM1; EPIDURAL CATHETERIZATION KIT: 19 GA/AK-05501; EPIDURAL CATHETERIZATION KIT/AK-05502; EPIDURAL CATHETERIZATION KIT/AK-05502D; EPIDURAL CATHETERIZATION KIT/AK-05503; EPIDURAL CATHETERIZATION KIT/AK-05503-L; SPINAL ANES/EPIDURAL CATH KIT/AK-05560; SPINAL ANES/EPIDURAL CATH KIT/ASK-02520-SBMC1; EPIDURAL CATHETERIZATION KIT/ASK-05400-BW1; EPIDURAL CATHETERIZATION KIT/ASK-05400-GH; SPINAL ANES/EPIDURAL CATH KIT/ASK-05401-LMC; EPIDURAL CATHETERIZATION KIT/ASK-05401-NM; SPINAL ANES/EPIDURAL CATH KIT/ASK-05500-BID1; EPIDURAL CATHETERIZATION KIT: 19 GA/ASK-05500-JHH1; EPIDURAL CATHETERIZATION KIT: 19 GA/ASK-05500-MCV1; EPIDURAL CATHETER KIT: 19GA X 90CM ASK-05500-MVH; EPIDURAL CATHETER KIT: 19 GA X 90 CM/ASK-05500-UMC; 19 GA X 35.5 IN EPIDURAL CATHETER KIT/ASK-05502-MLH; SPINAL ANES/EPIDURAL CATH KIT/ASK-05560-JMH1; SPINAL ANES/EPIDURAL CATH KIT/ASK-05560-MKD2; SPINAL ANES/EPIDURAL CATH KIT/ASK-05560-OM1; EPIDURAL CATHETERIZATION KIT/ASK-17019-SM; EPIDURAL CATHETERIZATION KIT/BP-05501; EPIDURAL CATHETERIZATION KIT/CK-05401; EPIDURAL CATHETERIZATION KIT/HS-05501; EPIDURAL CATHETERIZATION KIT/MM-05501; EPIDURAL CATHETERIZATION KIT: 19 GA/MP-17019-TK; EPIDURAL CATHETERIZATION KIT: 19 GA/MP-17019-TKD; EPIDURAL CATHETERIZATION KIT: 19 GA/MP-17019-TKL; EPIDURAL CATHETERIZATION KIT/MSO-05401-JMH; EPIDURAL CATHETERIZATION KIT/NM-05401; EPIDURAL CATHETERIZATION KIT/SJ-05501; EPIDURAL CATHETERIZATION KIT/SM-05401; EPIDURAL CATHETER KIT: 19 GA X 90 CM/TM-05401; EPIDURAL CATHETERIZATION KIT/TM-05502; SPINAL ANES/EPIDURAL CATH KIT/UI-05502; SPINAL ANES/EPIDURAL CATH KIT: 19 GA/ASK-05400-SHM; EPIDURAL CATH KIT: 19 GA/ASK-05400-UOM; EPIDURAL CATHETER KIT: 19 GA X 90 CM/ASK-05500-MR; EPIDURAL CATHETERIZATION KIT: 19 GA/ASK-05500-TM; EPIDURAL CATHETERIZATION KIT/ASK-05501-BHL1; EPIDURAL CATHETERIZATION KIT/ASK-05501-GH; EPIDURAL CATHETER KIT: 19 GA X 90 CM/ASK-05501-SM; EPIDURAL CATHETERIZATION KIT/ASK-05502-BSM; EPIDURAL CATHETERIZATION KIT/ASK-05502-MGH1; EPIDURAL CATHETERIZATION KIT/ASK-05503-BWB1; EPIDURAL CATHETERIZATION KIT/ASK-05503-HMH; EPIDURAL CATHETER KIT: 19 GA X 90 CM/ASK-05503-SPH; EPIDURAL CATHETER KIT: 19 GA X 90 CM/ASK-05503-UPM1; SPINAL ANES/EPIDURAL CATH KIT/ASK-05560-UCI2; EPIDURAL CATHETERIZATION KIT: 19 GA/ASK-17019-UMP; EPIDURAL CATHETERIZATION KIT/MH-05503-1; EPIDURAL CATHETERIZATION KIT/ASK-05401-VB2; Epidural Catheterization Kit: 19GA/ASK-05500-SC1; Epidural Catheterization Kit: 19GA/ASK-05500-SC3; EPIDURAL CATHETER KIT: 19 GA X 90 CM/ASK-05501-AFH1; EPIDURAL CATHETER KIT: 19 GA X 90 CM/ASK-05501-BMC; EPIDURAL CATHETERIZATION KIT/ASK-05502-NY; EPIDURAL CATHETERIZATION KIT/ASK-17019-RMH
Lidocaine, Bupivacaine, and 0.9% sodium chloride, the subject of a supplier recall, were included into kits and sets. The supplier was found to have quality issues and limited reports of drug ineffectiveness, and if sterility of a water-based injectable product is compromised this could lead to serious or life-threatening injuries.
- 2026-04-22Open, ClassifiedProcess control
FLEXTIP PLUS EPIDURAL CATHETER;FLEXBLOCK CONTINOUS PERIPHERAL NERVE BLOCK CATHETER KIT/SET REF ASK-05502-BSM UDI code: (01)10801902209853(17)270831(11)251210(10)33F25K0409 The Arrow Epidural Catheter kit permits access to the epidural space for administration of epidural anesthetic. The epidural catheter kit is intended for use up to 72 hours. The Arrow Combined Spinal Anesthesia and Epidural Catheterization products permit access to subarachnoid and epidural spaces. The Arrow Single Shot Epidural product permits access to the epidural space..
Due to receiving a notice from a supplier that the liquid adhesive was incorrectly manufactured
- 2020-01-24TerminatedOther
FlexTip Plus Epidural Catheterization Kit, Product Code AK-05501
There is the potential for various failures with the LOR (loss of resistance) syringes included in the kits resulting in dural puncture with some also requiring a blood patch.
- 2020-01-24TerminatedOther
FlexTip Plus Epidural Catheterization Kit, Product Code ASK-02220-SRH
There is the potential for various failures with the LOR (loss of resistance) syringes included in the kits resulting in dural puncture with some also requiring a blood patch.
- 2020-01-24TerminatedOther
FlexTip Plus Epidural Catheterization Kit, Product Code AK-05500
There is the potential for various failures with the LOR (loss of resistance) syringes included in the kits resulting in dural puncture with some also requiring a blood patch.
- 2020-01-24TerminatedOther
FlexTip Plus Combined Spinal Epidural Catheterization Kit, Product Code ASK-05500-BID
There is the potential for various failures with the LOR (loss of resistance) syringes included in the kits resulting in dural puncture with some also requiring a blood patch.
- 2020-01-24TerminatedOther
FlexTip Plus Epidural Catheterization Kit, Product Code ASK-05503-BID
There is the potential for various failures with the LOR (loss of resistance) syringes included in the kits resulting in dural puncture with some also requiring a blood patch.
- 2020-01-24TerminatedOther
FlexTip Plus Combined Spinal Epidural Catheterization Kit, Product Code ASK-05560-WH
There is the potential for various failures with the LOR (loss of resistance) syringes included in the kits resulting in dural puncture with some also requiring a blood patch.
- 2020-01-24TerminatedOther
FlexTip Plus Epidural Catheterization Kit, Product Code ASK-17019-MSC
There is the potential for various failures with the LOR (loss of resistance) syringes included in the kits resulting in dural puncture with some also requiring a blood patch.
- 2020-01-24TerminatedOther
FlexTip Plus Epidural Catheterization Kit, Product Code CA-02220
There is the potential for various failures with the LOR (loss of resistance) syringes included in the kits resulting in dural puncture with some also requiring a blood patch.
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