Database updated: 27 October 2026
Safety Information
Medsafe Online Recall Database
Detail of Recall
| Type of Product: | Device |
| Medsafe Reference: | 36752 |
| Brand Name: | Aural Ventilation Tubes |
| Model: | Shah Ventilation Tubes - none/PTFE/White/1.14/3.61/2.59/1.42/2.41 |
| Affected: | Lot number - 11998 |
| Software version: | |
| Recalling Organisation: | Bio Serve NZ Limited 33 Morningside Drive Morningside Auckland |
| Contact Information: | 09 846 4802 |
| Manufacturer: | Exmoor Plastics Ltd |
| Issue: | The manufacturer changed its steam sterilisation supplier for PTFE grommets and identified an issue during onboarding where a small number of units from certain lots showed visible sterile-barrier breaches during post-sterilisation inspection. A subsequent review of products from a specific sterilisation cycle found that sterility could not be confirmed with complete certainty, although the likelihood of a breach was assessed as less than 0.5%. As a precaution, a recall has been initiated for all affected lots. |
| Recall action type: | Recall |
| Recall action: | Product to be destroyed |
| Level of recall: | Hospital/Pharmacy/Laboratory |
| Date Commenced: | 24/4/2026 |
