The Recall Desk

Hazard

Patient Identification Error recalls

5 recalls in our database tag this hazard, drawn from FDA, USDA FSIS, CPSC, and NHTSA source notices.

What the numbers show

Total
5
Critical
0
Severe
0
Most recent
2025-01-01

Of the 5 patient identification error recalls we have scored against our rubric, 0 (0%) are Critical — deaths or serious injuries reported, or the agency’s own highest classification — and 0 (0%) are Severe.

About this hazard tag

Hazard tags are short, machine-readable labels we attach to every recall to make cross-cutting queries possible — “all patient identification error recalls regardless of agency”, “all listeria recalls in California”, “all airbag recalls in 2025”. The tags are extracted from each recall’s source text during the LLM rewrite step and validated against a fixed schema.

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1–5 of 5

  • HighFDA (Devices)·Z-0736-2025·2025-01-01

    Siemens epoc Blood Analysis System Recalled for Patient Identification Software Error

    Siemens is recalling epoc NXS Host blood analysis systems due to a software malfunction that can assign incorrect patient names to test results, potentially leading to misdiagnosis and mistreatment if not verified by the user.

    Product
    epoc NXS Host; Siemens Material Number (SMN): 11413498(JP) ; Software Version Number: 4.14.9. Intended for use by trained medical professionals as an in vitro diagnostic device for the quantitative testing of samples of heparinized or un-anticoagulated arterial, venous or capi
    Category
    Medical Device
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • HighFDA (Devices)·Z-2316-2024·2024-07-17

    GE Vivid Ultrasound Systems Display Incorrect Patient Names

    GE Vivid ultrasound systems may display incorrect patient information due to slow DICOM response times. Seven affected units were distributed to healthcare facilities in IL, MA, NM, NY, and OK.

    Product
    GE Vivid Ultrasound products, Model Numbers: a) Vivid E90, H45581LB; b) Vivid E95, H45581DA
    Category
    Medical Device
    Distribution
    5 states
  • HighFDA (Devices)·Z-0874-2022·2022-04-13

    Philips Allura and Azurion X-ray systems may display incorrect previous images

    Philips Allura and Azurion X-ray systems running StentBoost Live R2.0 may display images from previous scans or other patients due to a software defect. 338 units are affected and globally distributed.

    Product
    Philips Allura (Model Numbers 722010, 722012, 722026, 722027, 722028, 722029, 722035) and Philips Azurion (Model Numbers 722063, 722064, 722067, 722068, 722078, 722079, 722221, 722222, 722223, 722224, 722225, 722226, 722227, 722228) running StentBoost Live (Model Number 459801781
    Category
    Medical Device
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • HighFDA (Devices)·Z-2797-2016·2016-09-21

    Siemens RAPIDPoint 400 Blood Gas Analyzer Recalled for Patient Data Mismatch

    Siemens is recalling 492 RAPIDPoint 400 Blood Gas Analyzers because patient names may be printed with data from a different patient.

    Product
    Siemens RAPIDPoint¿ 400 Blood Gas Analyzer Siemens Material Number (SMN): 10291507,10314585, 10318899,10321239,10322654,10324081, 10328803, 10331381 , 10339634
    Category
    Medical Device
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • HighFDA (Devices)·Z-0104-2014·2013-11-06

    Siemens Blood Gas Analyzers Recalled for Patient Identification Error Risk

    Siemens is recalling RAPIDPoint and RAPIDLab blood gas analyzers because users may enter wrong patient IDs, leading to sample misidentification.

    Product
    Siemens RAPIDPoint¿ 500 system blood gas analyzer Product Usage: RAPIDPoint 500 System: The RAPIDPoint 500 system is designed for professional use in a point-of-care or laboratory environment. This system tests blood gases, electrolytes, metabolites, total hemoglobin, and hem
    Category
    Medical Device
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide