Radiometer America Inc Recalls
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Lactate Membrane units for E7077 Electrode Radiometer Medical ApS. The intended use is in vitro testing of samples of whole blood.
RADIOMETER became aware that some membranes may have enzyme residue on the outer membrane. The enzyme residue may cause an initial negative bias on the reported Lactate result upon replacement of the Lactate membrane.
On 11/07/2012, the firm sent "Urgent Field Safety Notices to their customers. The product issue was described and recommended actions were provided. Customers may contact 1 (800) 736-0600, option 4 if questions.
The ABL software version 6.12 for the ABL800 analyzer. The analyzers are intended for the in Vitro testing of: -Samples of whole blood for the parameters pH, pO2, pCO2, cK+, cNa+, cCa2+, cCl, cGlu, cLac, cCrea, ctBil, and co-oximetry parameters (ctHb, sO2, and the hemoglobin fractions FO2Hb, FCOHb, FMetHb, FHHb and FHbF) -Samples of expired air for the parameters pO2 and pCO2 -Pleura samples for the pH parameter. The ABL software version 6.12 for the ABL800 and ABL700 analyzer. The analyzers a
A customer has reported an error on an ABL8xx configured to a Hospital Information System using the data transfer protocol HL7 version 2.5. If the instrument transmits results to a HIS system and the connection is broken the results are queued for later transmission. If the ABL and HIS system are configured with HL7 2.5, any results in the queue will be mixed up when the instrument transmits t
The firm, Radiometer, sent two "Priority Level: Urgent" letters one dated July 9, 2012 and the other dated July 24, 2012 to its affected customers via FedEx with tracking. The letter identifies the product, problem, and actions to be taken by the customers. The customers were instructed to complete and return the attached Recall Response Fax Form via fax to 800-736-0601. The letter informed the customers that a local service representative will be contacting them shortly to install a software update that will prevent this from occuring (in the event that you utilize HL7 version 2.5 or intend to at some future date.) If you have any questions regarding this letter or the Recall, please contact Radiometer America Technical Support at 1-800-736-0600 opt. 4.
Qualicheck 1+, Aqueous Quality Control, Level 2, S7140, REF 944-042. The solution is used for quality check of blood gas analyzers.
The barcode for the ABL77 on the insert incorrectly enters a control range for pH of 7.90-7.95 into the analyzer. The insert correctly states that the control range is 7.40-7.45.
Radiometer sent Field Action Notes regarding the affected product. The note identified the product, the problem and the action to be taken by the customer. Instead of scanning the barcorde on the insert to enter the QC data into the anyalyzer, customers were instructed to manually key in the QUALICHECK type, lot number, and correct control range. For questions regarding this recall call 440-871-8900.