Reported Feb 1, 2017 · Terminated

Cobas b 123 POC system The cobas b 123 POC system is a fully automated POC system for whole blood in vitro measurement…

Roche Diagnostics Operations, 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: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. · 9115 Hague Rd · Indianapolis, IN · 46256-1025

Is this the product you have?

  • Cobas b 123 POC system The cobas b 123 POC system is a fully automated POC system for whole blood in vitro measurement of pH, blood gases (B3G), electrolytes Nat, K+, iCaWt (ISE), hematocrit (THct), metabolites (Glu, Lac), total hemoglobin (tHb), hemoglobin derivatives (O2Hb, HHb, COT~b, MetHb), and oxygen saturation (SO2). In addition, the cobas b 123 POC system calculates derived parameters. It is dedicated for use in a Point-of-Care environment and laboratory. The integrated AutoQC module and the oximeter module are available as an option
Lot codes and dates
  • Modelscobas b 123 <2>
  • POC system05122252001 cobas b 123 < 4 >
  • POC system05122287001
  • Serial numbers
    • 11074
    • 2274
    • 2550
    • 2302
    • 2304
    • 2309
    • 1253
    • 2420
    • 2337
    • 2147
    • 2389
    • 2418
    • 2425
    • 1749
    • 2462
    • 2338
    • 2339
    • 1850
    • 2328
    • 2500
    • 1374
    • 2301
    • 1349
    • 2400
    • 2344
    • 2350
    • 1860
    • 1941
    • 2006
    • 2128
Amount recalled
30

This recall covers 2 products

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

Where it was sold

Why it was recalled

under specific settings, an issue may occur during simultaneous Sensor Cartridge and Fluid Pack change on the cobas b 123 <2> POC system and cobas b 123 <4> POC system. The issue occurs when the software function [AutoQC as follow-up] is configured to run all three levels of AutoQC only after a Fluid Pack change, but not after a Sensor Cartridge change. When both are changed simultaneously, starting with the Sensor Cartridge and followed by the Fluid Pack, the analyzer carries out only the follow-up actions associated with the Sensor Cartridge change after completing the change workflow. As a result, no follow-up AutoQC is performed and the three expected AutoQC measurements for the Fluid Pack change are not carried out. Without running quality control, there is a remote possibility that system issues would not be detected and wrong results would not be excluded on all parameters: pH, PO2, PCO2, Na+, K+, Ca++, Cl-, Glu, Lac, Hct, SO2, O2Hb, COHb, MetHb, HHb, and Bili.

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 Jun 5, 2017 · Data as of Sep 19, 6:06 PM UTC

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