Agency classClass IIOur severity:High FDA (Devices)·Z-0213-2025·Announced 2024-10-30

Baxter Operating Table TruSystem 7000 recalled for electrical hazard

Baxter is recalling 1,077 TruSystem 7000 operating tables worldwide due to electrical short-circuits and smoke emissions in battery connectors reported by customers.

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: This is a risk-of-harm medical device with documented electrical failures (short-circuits, smoke emissions) creating potential fire and electrocution hazards. Per the severity rubric, risk-of-harm products without confirmed patient injury score at level 3 (High).

Plain-English summary

Baxter Healthcare Corporation is recalling the TruSystem 7000 operating table (Product Code REF 1841049, UDI/DI 00887761968691, all serial numbers). The recall affects 1,077 units distributed worldwide.

Customers have reported electrical short-circuits and smoke emissions in the device batteries and their connectors. These electrical failures pose a risk of fire and electrocution in the operating room environment.

The recalled product

Product: Baxter Operating Table TruSystem 7000 (dV), Product code REF 1841049
Manufacturer: Baxter Healthcare Corporation
Category: Medical Device — Surgical Equipment
Hazard: electrical-short-circuit
smoke-emission
fire-risk
electrocution-risk
Affected units: 1,077

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 (2)

UDI/DI00887761968691
All Serial Numbers

Distribution

Distribution scope not specified by the agency.

Part of a larger recall action

This product is one of 9 recalled by Baxter Healthcare Corporation 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.

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