The Recall Desk
HighFDA (Devices)·Z-0426-2017·Announced 2016-11-23

ICU Medical Recalls Transpac IV Monitoring Kits Due to Leak Risk

ICU Medical is recalling 3,640 Transpac IV Monitoring Kits because of a potential leak in the SafeSet Reservoir and blood sampling components.

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 hazard where no injuries or illnesses have been reported, fitting the rubric for risk-of-harm products without reported injury.

Plain-English summary

ICU Medical, Inc. is recalling 3,640 units of the Transpac IV Monitoring Kit Disposable Transducer, Item No. 42583-05. The affected products are identified by lot codes 3226090 and 3280957 and were distributed nationwide.

The recall was initiated because the company identified a potential for leak with certain SafeSet Reservoir and blood sampling kits containing the Transpac IV transducers. The Transpac Disposable Straight Pressure Transducer is an extravascular pressure transducer that interfaces between a catheter and a pressure monitor, while the SafeSet Reservoir system is used for periodic blood sampling on patients.

Healthcare facilities and consumers should stop using the affected units and contact ICU Medical for further instructions on how to return or dispose of the products.

The recalled product

Product
TRANSPAC¿ IV MONITORING KIT DISPOSABLE TRANSDUCER, 3 ML SQUEEZE FLUSH, MACRODRIP (INTENDED FOR PATIENT MOUNT), Item No. 42583-05 The Transpac Disposable Straight Pressure Transducer (DSPT) is an extravascular pressure transducer that interfaces between a catheter and pressure mo
Manufacturer
ICU Medical, Inc.
Hazard
Affected units
3,640

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)

  • 3226090 3280957

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 →