The Recall Desk
Agency classClass IIOur severity:HighFDA (Devices)·Z-0213-2019·Announced 2018-10-31

Siemens APTIO 9000 Refrigerated Storage Module Recall for Missing Warning Label

Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics is recalling 441 APTIO 9000 Refrigerated Storage Modules because they may have been shipped without a warning label regarding potential interference with pacemaker functionality.

The agency’s classification

FDA (Devices): Class II

Class II is a situation in which use of or exposure to a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences, or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote.

This is the agency’s own classification, taken from its notice. The severity score below is our assessment, not the agency’s. How recall classes work

What this means for you

Our assessment, not the agency’s: severity 3/5 (High).

Real risk of harm even if no illness or injury has been reported yet. Stop using the product and follow the agency's guidance.

Our severity reasoning: The recall involves a risk-of-harm product (potential pacemaker interference) where injury has not yet been reported, which aligns with the 'High' severity criteria in the rubric.

Plain-English summary

Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Inc. is recalling 441 APTIO 9000 Refrigerated Storage Modules. The recall is due to the possibility that the modules were shipped without a warning label indicating a potential risk of interference to pacemaker functionality.

The affected products were distributed to 38 US states and 26 foreign countries. The specific Siemens Material Numbers are 10703049 and 10715227, and the UDI is 00630414594477.

The source text does not provide specific instructions for consumers or healthcare facilities on how to proceed with the recall, nor does it report any specific injuries or illnesses associated with the missing label.

The recalled product

Product
APTIO 9000 REFRIGERATED STORAGE MODULE
Affected units
441

Is your product affected?

Check your packaging against the codes below. If any of them match, the product is part of this recall.

Lot numbers (3)

  • Siemens Material Numbers: 10703049
  • 10715227
  • UDI: 00630414594477

Distribution

Part of a larger recall action

This product is one of 9 recalled by Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Inc. under a single FDA (Devices) recall action. The agency files each product separately, so the size of the action is not visible from this page alone.

See all 9 products in this recall →

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