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# Medline Recalls Trach Care and Cleaning Trays
- URL: https://www.fdaweb.com/medline-recalls-trach-care-and-cleaning-trays/
- Published: 2024-01-02T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-14T14:19:09.000Z
- Author: David McFarland
- Tags: Devices, #legacy-id-D5156035

FDA says Medline Industries announced 12/20/23 a 10/10/23 recall of several lots of tracheostomy care and cleaning trays that include a tracheostomy brush that may have sharp edges at the tip that can puncture tubing during use and/or cause user injury during handling. An agency [announcement](https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/medline-industries-lp-issues-voluntary-nationwide-recall-various-lots-tracheostomy-care-and-cleaning?ref=fdaweb.com) says complaints have also described bristles of the tracheostomy brush detaching before and potentially during use.

“If bristles reach a patient’s airway, they may cause unexplained increases in sputum or pulmonary secretions, signs of infection, or difficulty breathing,” the announcement says.