Baxter's elastomeric infusion pumps are non-electronic, ambulatory, disposable devices that deliver continuous medication for periods of 30 minutes up to 7 days. They are designed for medication therapies requiring continuous infusion. The infusion pumps can be utilized for slow, continuous delivery through clinically acceptable routes of administration such as intravenous (IV), intra-arterial (IA), and subcutaneous or epidural infusion of medications directly into an intraoperative site or subcutaneously for post-operative pain management.
Enforcement
- Recall Number
- Z-1678-2013
- Event ID
- 65577
- Classification
- Class II
- Status
- Terminated
- Product Type
- Devices
- Firm
- Baxter Healthcare Corp.
- Voluntary / Mandated
- Voluntary: Firm initiated
- Initial Notification
- Letter
- Report Date
- July 17, 2013
- Initiation Date
- July 31, 2009
- Classification Date
- July 10, 2013
- Termination Date
- March 8, 2016
- Address
- 1 Baxter Pkwy, N/A, Deerfield, IL, 60015-4625, United States
Description
Baxter's elastomeric infusion pumps are non-electronic, ambulatory, disposable devices that deliver continuous medication for periods of 30 minutes up to 7 days. They are designed for medication therapies requiring continuous infusion. The infusion pumps can be utilized for slow, continuous delivery through clinically acceptable routes of administration such as intravenous (IV), intra-arterial (IA), and subcutaneous or epidural infusion of medications directly into an intraoperative site or subcutaneously for post-operative pain management.
There are reported incidents of leakage on the INFUSOR and FOLFUSOR pumps at the connection of the blue winged cap and the distal male Luer. Investigation of these reports indicates the incidence of leakage has only occurred after pumps are filled, primed, re-capped (using the blue winged Luer cap) and stored for a period of time, typically overnight. In addition, the reported instances of leakage
*** 1) Product Code: 2C1700KP; Lots: 09C013, 09D023; *** 2) Product Code: 2C1702KP; Lots: 08M005, 08M056, 08N055, 09A029, 09B008, 09B061, 09C015, 09D013, 09D043, 09D081, 09E041, 09E070
Worldwide Distribution - USA (nationwide), Puerto Rico and Internationally to Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Columbia, Czech Republic, Denmark (including Faroe Islands), Ecuador, Finland, France (including Martinique and Reunion Islands), Germany, Greece, Iceland, India, Ireland, Isreal, Italy, Luxemburg, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Portugal, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweded, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, and United Kingdom.
Code 2C1700KP: 7,128 units; Code 2C1702KP: 105,732 units