Reported Jul 3, 2024 · Ongoing

Software version 5.3 in: RAPIDPoint 500e Blood Gas System (USA) Siemens Material Number: 11416751 RAPIDPoint 500e Blood…

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?

  • Software version 5.3
  • inRAPIDPoint 500e Blood Gas
  • System (USA) Siemens Material Number11416751 RAPIDPoint 500e Blood Gas System (China) 11416752; RAPIDPoint 500e Blood Gas System (Japan) 11416754; RAPIDPoint 500e Blood Gas System (ROW) 11416755
Lot codes and dates

4 of 4 products

Products covered by this recall
#BarcodesProduct as published
100630414286143(1)RAPIDPoint 500e Blood Gas System (USA) 00630414286143
200630414286150(2)RAPIDPoint 500e Blood Gas System (China) 00630414286150
300630414286167(3) RAPIDPoint 500e Blood Gas System (Japan) 00630414286167
400630414286174(4) RAPIDPoint 500e Blood Gas System (ROW) 00630414286174 Software Version 5.3.
Amount recalled
9 units US

Where it was sold

Why it was recalled

Siemens Healthineers has identified an issue with the RAPIDPoint500e system software version 5.3. This issue affects how the sample source is identified at the LIS when using the capillary mode. With this software version, samples run in the capillary mode are incorrectly labeled as arterial when displayed on the LIS, leading to the potential for results to be flagged according to an established arterial range. Capillary sample results are correctly identified as capillary on both the RAPIDPoint 500e system display and the instrument printouts. The issue only affects the new software version 5.3 and only capillary sample mode is impacted. The inability to distinguish specimen sources for blood gas may lead to incorrect diagnoses and management decisions.

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

Data as of Sep 19, 6:57 PM UTC

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