Reason: Negative bias in patient samples for Vitamin D
Distributed: Nationwide Distribution.Reason: Abbott Diagnostics is recalling Clinical Chemistry Phenobarbital reagent lots 62299UN12 and 85773UN12 due to imprecision issues which increase with the age of the reagent lot. The imprecision of the Phenobarbital assay is d 7% Total CV%; however, internal testing confirmed CVs up to approximately 12% for in-date reagent lots over five months old. Although lot 52803UN12 is now expired, it exhibit
Distributed: Worldwide Distribution - USA (nationwide) and Internationally to Internationally distributed to Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Curacao, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Lebanon, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Oman, Paraguay, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, and United Kingdom.Reason: During infusions of 2.0 mL/hr the motor assembly may rotate backwards capturing additional medication resulting in over-infusion.
Distributed: Worldwide Distribution - USA (nationwide) and Internationally to Australia, New Zealand, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, Canada, Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Oman, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, UK, United Arab Emirates, Brazil, Chile and Colombia.Reason: During infusions of 2.0 mL/hr the motor assembly may rotate backwards capturing additional medication resulting in over-infusion.
Distributed: Worldwide Distribution - USA (nationwide) and Internationally to Australia, New Zealand, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, Canada, Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Oman, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, UK, United Arab Emirates, Brazil, Chile and Colombia.Reason: Various reciprocating and oscillating saw blades were incorrectly labeled. The labeling errors include: (1) The pouch says oscillating saw blade when it actually contains a reciprocating saw blade; (2) The box bar code date does not match the human readable expiration date; and (3) The label incorrectly states use with Zimmer/Synthes handset and not the Zimmer Universal Power System.
Distributed: Worldwide Distribution - USA (nationwide) and countries of: Austria, Australia, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Panama, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, United Kingdom and Yemen.Reason: Roche investigation into complaints found Accu-Chek Inform II and CoaguChek XS Pro System barcode reading meters had the potential of intermittent erroneous decoding of patient identification if barcodes being read fail to meet size and/or quality standards. Errors have been confirmed with the EAN 13 barcodes which should not be used for patient or operator identification.
Distributed: Nationwide Distribution.Reason: Roche investigation into complaints found Accu-Chek Inform II and CoaguChek XS Pro System barcode reading meters had the potential of intermittent erroneous decoding of patient identification if barcodes being read fail to meet size and/or quality standards.
Distributed: Nationwide Distribution.Reason: The recall was initiated because Carefusion has identified potential risk associated with bolus programming with the Alaris PC unit (model 8015) software version 9.12. Automating infusion pump parameter input from either the electronic medical record (EMR) or the Alaris Auto-ID module for a continuous infusion with a bolus dose option may result in a loss of information from the Guardrails Data s
Distributed: Worldwide Distribution USA Nationwide and the countries of Australia and Canada.Reason: Two unsealed pouches were found at an Edwards' distribution location in Japan. Incorrectly sealed pouches may result in a sterility barrier breach.
Distributed: USA Nationwide Distribution including the states of: FL, MA, MI, NY, PA, TX.Reason: Revised instructions for users of the da Vinci S, Si and Si-e systems with additional information regarding sterile adapter engagement and instrument installation.
Distributed: Worldwide Distribution.-USA (nationwide) and countries of: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, and United Kingdom.