The Recall Desk
HighFDA (Devices)·Z-0433-2017·Announced 2016-11-23

ICU Medical Recalls Transpac IV Monitoring Kits Due to Leak Potential

ICU Medical is recalling 500 units of Transpac IV Monitoring Kits due to 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, 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 without reported injury.

Plain-English summary

ICU Medical, Inc. is recalling 500 units of the Transpac IV Monitoring Kit, Item No. 42589-05. The product is a disposable transducer system used to interface between a catheter and a pressure monitor, featuring a SafeSet Reservoir for blood sampling.

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 affected units were distributed nationwide.

Healthcare facilities and consumers should stop using the affected units immediately. The specific lot codes associated with this recall are 3245732, 3251014, and 3265440. Users should contact ICU Medical for further instructions on returning or replacing the devices.

The recalled product

Product
TRANSPAC¿ IV MONITORING KIT, 9", DISPOSABLE TRANSDUCER, 3 ML INTRAFLO¿ FLUSH, MACRODRIP (PATIENT MOUNT), Item No. 42589-05 The Transpac Disposable Straight Pressure Transducer (DSPT) is an extravascular pressure transducer that interfaces between a catheter and pressure monitor
Manufacturer
ICU Medical, Inc.
Hazard
Affected units
500

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)

  • 3245732 3251014 3265440

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 →