Reported Nov 6, 2013 · Terminated

Siemens RAPIDLab¿ 1265 system blood gas analyzer Product Usage: RAPIDLab 1200 Systems: The Rapidlab 1200 systems are…

Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc.

Moderate riskThis product could cause temporary or reversible health problems — stop using it.

What you should do

Stop using the affected lot and contact the recalling firm for the return or refund process. Check the FDA enforcement report for lot-level detail.

Firm contact: Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc · 2 Edgewater Dr · Norwood, MA · 02062-4637

Is this the product you have?

  • Siemens RAPIDLab¿ 1265
  • system blood gas analyzer Product UsageRAPIDLab 1200
  • SystemsThe 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 parametersRAPIDLab 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
Lot codes and dates
  • All Serial Numbers
Amount recalled
2939 units

This recall covers 7 products

The agency filed one notice per product. You are reading one of them; the other 6 are below.

Where it was sold

  • Nationwide

Why it was recalled

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

This product could cause temporary or reversible health problems — stop using it.

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Where this came from

Source: U.S. Food & Drug Administration (openFDA)

Read the FDA (openFDA device enforcement) notice

Notice updated Apr 1, 2015 · Data as of Sep 19, 6:04 PM UTC

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