The Recall Desk
Agency classClass IIOur severity:HighFDA (Devices)·Z-0420-2017·Announced 2016-11-23

ICU Medical Recalls Transpac IV Bifurcated Kits Due to Leak Risk

ICU Medical is recalling 340 units of Transpac IV Bifurcated Kits with SafeSet Reservoirs due to a potential for leaks.

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 is classified as FDA Class II and involves a risk-of-harm product (leakage in a medical device) where injury has not yet been reported, fitting the High severity criteria.

Plain-English summary

ICU Medical, Inc. is recalling 340 units of the Transpac IV Bifurcated Kit with SafeSet Reservoir and Blood Sampling Ports, Item No. 42500-06. The recall involves kits containing Transpac IV transducers, 84-inch tubing, two squeeze flushes, and two disposable transducers. The product is a medical device used to interface between a catheter and a pressure monitor, with a blood sampling system for patients requiring periodic sampling.

The recall was initiated because ICU Medical identified a potential for leaks with certain SafeSet Reservoir and blood sampling kits containing the Transpac IV transducers. The affected units were distributed nationwide.

Healthcare facilities and consumers should stop using the affected kits and contact ICU Medical for further instructions. The recall is classified as Class II by the FDA.

The recalled product

Product
TRANSPAC¿ IV BIFURCATED KIT WITH SAFESET" RESERVOIR AND BLOOD SAMPLING PORTS, 84" TUBING, 2 SQUEEZE FLUSHES, 2 DISPOSABLE TRANSDUCER, MACRODRIP (POLE MOUNT), Item No. 42500-06 The Transpac Disposable Straight Pressure Transducer (DSPT) is an extravascular pressure transducer…
Manufacturer
ICU Medical, Inc.
Hazard
Affected units
340

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)

  • 3226086

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.

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