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FDA slaps Midmark with laundry list of violations
The FDA slapped Midmark Corp. with a "significant" warning letter after an inspection of its Versailles, Ohio, headquarters last year.
The laundry list of violations from the watchdog agency focused primarily on manufacturing procedures and record-keeping issues related to the company’s steam sterilizer systems.
In one violation, deemed "significant" by the FDA, the health care device maker company failed to file a report after it realized the M11 steam sterilizer door could blow open during use.