FDA Recall Terminated

Siemens RAPIDLab 1265 system blood gas analyzer Product Usage: RAPIDLab 1200 Systems: The Rapidlab 1200 systems are intended for in vitro diagnostic use by healthcare professionals in the quantitative testing of human whole blood. The systems can determine the following parameters: RAPIDLab 1240 pH, pC02, p02 RAPIDLab 1245 pH, pC02, p02, tHb, nBili, F02Hb, FCOHb, FMetHb, FHHb RAPIDLab 1260 pH, pC02, p02, Na+, K+, Ca++, Cl-, glucose, lactate RAPIDLab 1265 pH, pC02, p02, Na+, K+, Ca++, Cl-, glucose, lactate, tHb, nBili, F02Hb, FCOHb, FMetHb, FHHb

Recall: Z-0108-2014 · Initiated September 17, 2012

Recall

Recall Number
Z-0108-2014
Event Number
66166
Firm
Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc
FEI Number
3002637618
Product Code
CHL
Status
Terminated
Root Cause
Software Manufacturing/Software Deployment
Initiated
September 17, 2012
Posted
October 29, 2013
Terminated
April 1, 2015
Address
2 Edgewater Dr, Norwood, MA, 02062-4637

Description

Siemens RAPIDLab 1265 system blood gas analyzer Product Usage: RAPIDLab 1200 Systems: The Rapidlab 1200 systems are intended for in vitro diagnostic use by healthcare professionals in the quantitative testing of human whole blood. The systems can determine the following parameters: RAPIDLab 1240 pH, pC02, p02 RAPIDLab 1245 pH, pC02, p02, tHb, nBili, F02Hb, FCOHb, FMetHb, FHHb RAPIDLab 1260 pH, pC02, p02, Na+, K+, Ca++, Cl-, glucose, lactate RAPIDLab 1265 pH, pC02, p02, Na+, K+, Ca++, Cl-, glucose, lactate, tHb, nBili, F02Hb, FCOHb, FMetHb, FHHb

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

Action

Siemens Healthcare sent an Urgent Field Safety Notification letter dated September 2013 via Federal Express, to affected Siemens domestic customers. Effected Siemens customers outside the US was provided a copy of the Urgent Field Safety Notice via hard copy, e-mail, and/or fax as determined by each countries local regulations and procedures. Previously Siemens Healthcare had issued a Customer Notification on August 23, 2012. The letter identified the affected product, issue, information to mitigate the issue and actions to be taken. The firm will issue an upgrades software to users. For questions contact your local Customer Care Center - Technical Support Representative at 1-877-229-3711.

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

2939 units