Medical device recalls

There is the potential for a scenario where a punctured cup of sterilant expires while the system is powered down, upon power-up the unit will not detect the expired cup of sterilant; allowing for subsequent cycles to be run.

The Quality Control Certificate for certain AutoDELFIA Neonatal IRT Kits is missing information required to assess the acceptability of measured control values which may result in a delay in reporting IRT results.

Revised replacement instructions for the Li-ion battery packs used in BIS Vista and BIS View Monitoring Systems

Baxter r recalled this device due to the use of an incorrect plastic formulation in the manufacture of the blue luer component of the FLOSEAL malleable tips.

On systems equipped with the Auxiliary Common Gas Outlet (ACGO), there is a potential for the auxiliary gas switch to unexpectedly switch from the ACGO position back to the circle position. On systems equipped with the Aux O2 + Air function the switch could unexpectedly switch from the Aux O2 + Air position back to the circle position. These situations could lead to hypoxia.

On systems equipped with the Auxiliary Common Gas Outlet (ACGO), there is a potential for the auxiliary gas switch to unexpectedly switch from the ACGO position back to the circle position. On systems equipped with the Aux O2 + Air function the switch could unexpectedly switch from the Aux O2 + Air position back to the circle position. These situations could lead to hypoxia.

On systems equipped with the Auxiliary Common Gas Outlet (ACGO), there is a potential for the auxiliary gas switch to unexpectedly switch from the ACGO position back to the circle position. On systems equipped with the Aux O2 + Air function the switch could unexpectedly switch from the Aux O2 + Air position back to the circle position. These situations could lead to hypoxia.

The fluorescent platelet counts (PLT-F) and immature platelet fraction (IPF) values can be falsely low when using affected lots of Fluorocell PLT.

Elevated false positive results Yersinia enterocolitica (Yersinia) from customers using the EP Nucleic Acid Test Cartridges component (20-006-023) from the Verigene EP Nucleic Acid Test Kit (20-005-023).

OrthoPAT¿ reservoirs are missing the cannula inside the reservoirs. The absence of this cannula prevents the emptying of blood from the reservoirs. The inability to empty the reservoir means that the collected blood cannot be processed.

OrthoPAT¿ reservoirs are missing the cannula inside the reservoirs. The absence of this cannula prevents the emptying of blood from the reservoirs. The inability to empty the reservoir means that the collected blood cannot be processed.

This unit may be missing the screw/collet Assembly

Packaged with an incorrect overwrap.

The assembly of the needle guides were found to be either missing adhesive or did not have adequate adhesive to hold the assembled cannula in place on the needle guide.

The assembly of the needle guides were found to be either missing adhesive or did not have adequate adhesive to hold the assembled cannula in place on the needle guide.

Possible nonconforming blades may result in a higher than specified cut force required to cut the suture.

Sample material may potentially come in contact with the pipetting nozzle during operation of cobas p 612 pre-analytical system (63x) (LCP1) with non-filter tips. The possible presence of biological material on the nozzle may cause contamination resulting in potential false positive results, depending on the sensitivity of the analytical technology.

Medline notified BMD that the Aplicare Povidone Iodine (PVP-I) Prep Pads were not meeting the iodine assay level requirements to support 36 month expiration dating.

The suture wings have the potential to crack or break. Potential patient injury includes catheter dislocation, bleeding, and air emboli. The firm has received six complaints (29 broken suture wings) to date for malfunction, without serious injury or death.

The suture wings have the potential to crack or break. Potential patient injury includes catheter dislocation, bleeding, and air emboli. The firm has received six complaints (29 broken suture wings) to date for malfunction, without serious injury or death.

The suture wings have the potential to crack or break. Potential patient injury includes catheter dislocation, bleeding, and air emboli. The firm has received six complaints (29 broken suture wings) to date for malfunction, without serious injury or death.

The suture wings have the potential to crack or break. Potential patient injury includes catheter dislocation, bleeding, and air emboli. The firm has received six complaints (29 broken suture wings) to date for malfunction, without serious injury or death.

The suture wings have the potential to crack or break. Potential patient injury includes catheter dislocation, bleeding, and air emboli. The firm has received six complaints (29 broken suture wings) to date for malfunction, without serious injury or death.

The suture wings have the potential to crack or break. Potential patient injury includes catheter dislocation, bleeding, and air emboli. The firm has received six complaints (29 broken suture wings) to date for malfunction, without serious injury or death.

The suture wings have the potential to crack or break. Potential patient injury includes catheter dislocation, bleeding, and air emboli. The firm has received six complaints (29 broken suture wings) to date for malfunction, without serious injury or death.

The suture wings have the potential to crack or break. Potential patient injury includes catheter dislocation, bleeding, and air emboli. The firm has received six complaints (29 broken suture wings) to date for malfunction, without serious injury or death.

The suture wings have the potential to crack or break. Potential patient injury includes catheter dislocation, bleeding, and air emboli. The firm has received six complaints (29 broken suture wings) to date for malfunction, without serious injury or death.

The suture wings have the potential to crack or break. Potential patient injury includes catheter dislocation, bleeding, and air emboli. The firm has received six complaints (29 broken suture wings) to date for malfunction, without serious injury or death.

The suture wings have the potential to crack or break. Potential patient injury includes catheter dislocation, bleeding, and air emboli. The firm has received six complaints (29 broken suture wings) to date for malfunction, without serious injury or death.

Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics has observed a negative bias for the carbohydrate-deficient transferrin (CDT) measurement when using the affected N Latex CDT lots in comparison to the HPLC method. CDT results in absolute concentrations may be influenced by patients transferrin levels and, therefore, results are reported as ratio of CDT to total transferrin, called %CDT. As the transferrin determination with N Antiserum to Human Transferrin is not affected, the observed effect leads to calculated %CDT values that show a negative bias of approximately 15% compared to the HPLC method. This could result in a shift of weak positive patient samples into the reference range of 1.19  2.47 %CDT which was derived from a study population of healthy adults. There are no control or calibrator materials that would catch this bias.