FDA Enforcement Class II Terminated

Siemens RAPIDPoint¿ 400 system blood gas analyzer Product Usage: These systems are intended for near-patient and laboratory testing of blood gases, electrolytes, metabolites, total hemoglobin, and hemoglobin derivatives in arterial, venous, and capillary whole blood samples. The systems are capable of determining the following parameters: RAPIDPoint 400 pH, pC02, p02, Na+, K+, Ca++, Cl-, glucose, Hct RAPIDPoint 405 pH, pC02, p02, Na+, K+, Ca++, Cl-, glucose, tHb, F02Hb, FCOHb, FMetHb, FHHb, nBili

Recall: Z-0102-2014 · Reported November 6, 2013

Enforcement

Recall Number
Z-0102-2014
Event ID
66166
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Product Type
Devices
Firm
Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc
Voluntary / Mandated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Initial Notification
Letter
Report Date
November 6, 2013
Initiation Date
September 17, 2012
Classification Date
October 29, 2013
Termination Date
April 1, 2015
Address
2 Edgewater Dr, N/A, Norwood, MA, 02062-4637, United States

Description

Siemens RAPIDPoint¿ 400 system blood gas analyzer Product Usage: These systems are intended for near-patient and laboratory testing of blood gases, electrolytes, metabolites, total hemoglobin, and hemoglobin derivatives in arterial, venous, and capillary whole blood samples. The systems are capable of determining the following parameters: RAPIDPoint 400 pH, pC02, p02, Na+, K+, Ca++, Cl-, glucose, Hct RAPIDPoint 405 pH, pC02, p02, Na+, K+, Ca++, Cl-, glucose, tHb, F02Hb, FCOHb, FMetHb, FHHb, nBili

Reason

RAPIDPoint¿ 400 Series, RAPIDPoint¿ 500, or RAPIDLab¿ 1200 Series blood gas analyzer, users can inadvertently enter a wrong patient ID on the demographics screen, which ultimately could lead to a misidentification of the sample

Code Info

All Serial Numbers

Distribution

Worldwide Distribution - USA Nationwide and in the countries of Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bosnia Herzeg., Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Fren.Polynesia, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mayotte, Netherlands, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Norway, P.R. China, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Rep. of Yemen, Republic Korea, Romania, Russian Fed., Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Turkmenistan, U.A.E., United Kingdom, Vatikancity, Venezuela, Vietnam,

Quantity

828 units