The Recall Desk
HighFDA (Devices)·Z-0416-2017·Announced 2016-11-23

ICU Medical Recalls Transpac IV Monitoring Kits Due to Leak Risk

ICU Medical is recalling 130 units of Transpac IV Bifurcated Monitoring Kits due to a potential leak in the SafeSet Reservoir and blood sampling kits.

What this means for you

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 medical device with a potential leak in a blood sampling system, which poses a risk of harm to patients, but the source text does not report any specific injuries or illnesses, fitting the 'High' severity criteria for risk-of-harm products where injury has not yet been reported.

Plain-English summary

ICU Medical, Inc. is recalling 130 units of Transpac IV Bifurcated Monitoring Kits, Item No. 011-42592-05. The affected products include 48-inch kits with 2 Disposable Transducers and 2 03 ml Intraflo Flush Devices, Macrodrip (Pole Mount). The specific code for the recalled units is 3235241.

The recall was initiated because ICU Medical identified a potential for leak with certain SafeSet Reservoir and blood sampling kits containing the Transpac IV transducers. The Transpac Disposable Straight Pressure Transducer (DSPT) is an extravascular pressure transducer that interfaces between a catheter and pressure monitor. The SafeSet Reservoir system is a blood sampling system assembled directly to the patient monitoring line, used on patients where periodic blood sampling is required.

The affected products were distributed nationwide. Consumers and healthcare providers should stop using the affected kits and contact ICU Medical for further instructions or a replacement.

The recalled product

Product
Transpac¿ IV Bifurcated Monitoring Kit 48", 2 Disposable Transducers, 2 03 ml Intraflo¿ Flush Devices, Macrodrip (Pole Mount), Item No. 011-42592-05 The Transpac Disposable Straight Pressure Transducer (DSPT) is an extravascular pressure transducer that interfaces between a cath
Manufacturer
ICU Medical, Inc.
Hazard
Affected units
130

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 (1)

  • 3235241

Distribution

Distributed nationwide across the United States.

Part of a larger recall action

This product is one of 162 recalled by ICU Medical, 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 162 products in this recall →