The Recall Desk
Agency classClass IIOur severity:HighFDA (Devices)·Z-0216-2019·Announced 2018-10-31

Siemens StreamLab Refrigerated Storage Module Recall for Missing Warning Label

Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics is recalling StreamLab Refrigerated Storage Module 9000 units 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, fitting the High severity criteria for theoretical hazards without confirmed illness.

Plain-English summary

Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Inc. is recalling 186 StreamLab Refrigerated Storage Module 9000 units. The recall was initiated because the modules may have been shipped without a warning label indicating a potential risk of interference to pacemaker functionality.

The affected products were distributed to 38 US states and 25 foreign countries. The specific Siemens Material Numbers involved are 10482426, 10464532, and 10635930, and the UDI is 00630414949765.

Healthcare facilities and users should check their inventory for these specific material numbers and UDI codes. If the units are found, they should contact Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics for instructions on how to proceed, as the missing label poses a risk to patients with pacemakers.

The recalled product

Product
STREAMLAB - REFRIGERATED STORAGE MODULE 9000
Affected units
186

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 (4)

  • Siemens Material Numbers: 10482426
  • 10464532
  • 10635930
  • UDI: 00630414949765

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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