Reported Sep 19, 2012 · Terminated

Sunquest Laboratory Sunquest Laboratory is intended for use by professionals working in a clinical laboratory. Sunquest…

Sunquest Information Systems, 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: Sunquest Information Systems, Inc. · 250 S Williams Blvd · Tucson, AZ · 85711-4472

Is this the product you have?

  • Sunquest Laboratory Sunquest Laboratory is intended for use by professionals working in a clinical laboratory. Sunquest Laboratory is intended for use only by professionals who have received extensive training in the use of the software. Sunquest Laboratory is controlled via userdefined security levels, which allow the laboratories to manage data security and integrity. The system is marketed as an automated solution for managing laboratory processes
  • including" Patient registration " Order entry and order modification " Specimen collection, verification, suitability, and distribution " Quality assurance checking " Workload recording " Billing charge capture " Standards and controls recording " Test order result inquiry and reporting Organism susceptibility and epidemiology records " Microbiology culture direct examination and observation recording " Outreach clients, specimens, and results " Client-specific reporting capabilities " Inbound client service request tracking " Historical data Clients that use the Sunquest Blood Bank system should refer to the intended use statement found in the Blood Bank System Overview Users Guide
Lot codes and dates
    • Version versions 6.1.0125 through 6.1.0139
    • 6.2.1
    • 6.2.2
    • 7.0
    • and 7.0.1
Amount recalled
126 sites

Where it was sold

  • Nationwide

Why it was recalled

Sunquest is recalling Sunquest Laboratory versions 6.1.0125 through 6.1.0139, 6.2.1, 6.2.2, 7.0, and 7.0.1 because when the Windows-based merge application is used and the "Event merge across patients" option is used, a receiving system (for example a HIS or CoPath system) may interpret the event merge as a full patient merge. This occurs because a trigger from the Laboratory system for the event

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 Oct 2, 2012 · Data as of Sep 19, 5:24 PM UTC

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