In January 2008 Stryker Corp recalled the Trident Acetabular PSL Cup and the Trident Hemispherical Cup following a discovery by the United Stated Food and Drug Administration of substandard, unsanitary conditions at two manufacturing plants as well as multiple reports of pain and injuries by patients. The first manufacturing facility located in Mahwah, New Jersey contained staphylococcus bacteria, rhodococcus spp, corynebacterium propin quum and other disease causing germs. A second facility, located in Cork, Ireland, had problems with product testing procedures.
Patients reported pain, broken parts, migrating of parts, loosening of hip cups, squeaking, grinding, and crunching while walking. The first sign of trouble came in January of 2005 when several patients complained of pain. Two years later the FDA would spend six weeks inspecting the Manwah, New Jersey facility and found deficiencies in the quality control stages of manufacturing as well as the previously mentioned presence of germs.
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