Reported Jul 20, 2016 · Terminated

The PCA 3 system cam be used in a wide range of clinical settings, including but not limited to: general floor,…

Hospira 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: Hospira Inc. · 275 N Field Dr · Lake Forest, IL · 60045-2579

Is this the product you have?

  • The PCA 3 system cam be used in a wide range of clinical settings
  • including but not limited togeneral floor, labor/delivery,post-partum, burn unit, medical surgical, operating room, oncology, critical care units, post-anesthesia care unit (PACU), and pediatrics. The PCA 3 infusion pump allows clinicians to administer or patients to self-administer analgesia safely and effectively within clinician programmed limits. The epidural route can be used to provide anesthesia or analgesia
Lot codes and dates
  • List No. 12384
  • Serial Numbers

    2,714 of 2,714 codes

    • 12920041
    • 12920048
    • 12920052
    • 12920056
    • 12920066
    • 12920069
    • 12920079
    • 12920082
    • 12920101
    • 12920102
    • 12920104
    • 12920105
    • 12920106
    • 12920107
    • 12920117
    • 12920121
    • 12920122
    • 12920152
    • 12920158
    • 12920159
    • 12920160
    • 12920174
    • 12920246
    • 12920248
    • 12920251
    • 12920252
    • 12920255
    • 12920257
    • 12920264
    • 12920265
    • 12920268
    • 12920270
    • 12920275
    • 12920276
    • 12920277
    • 12920278
    • 12920282
    • 12920287
    • 12920289
    • 12920291
    • 12920294
    • 12920304
    • 12920305
    • 12920311
    • 12920312
    • 12920320
    • 12920328
    • 12920330
    • 12920332
    • 12920340
    • 12920343
    • 12920346
    • 12920347
    • 12920352
    • 12920353
    • 12920357
    • 12920358
    • 12920359
    • 12920360
    • 12920362
Amount recalled
8,216 infusion pump systems

This recall covers 5 products

The agency filed one notice per product. You are reading one of them; the other 4 are below.

Where it was sold

Why it was recalled

Hospira has received reports of PCA pumps not detecting distal occlusions, one of which resulted in a serious injury. The issue is caused by normal wear and tear on the Half Nut (the component/nut that travels up and down the lead screw) which prevents it from properly detecting the pressure build-up associated with a distal occlusion.

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 Nov 7, 2016 · Data as of Sep 19, 6:00 PM UTC

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