The Recall Desk
HighFDA (Devices)·Z-0437-2017·Announced 2016-11-23

ICU Medical Recalls Transpac IV Monitoring Kits Due to Leak Risk

ICU Medical is recalling 40 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 where no injuries or illnesses have been reported, fitting the rubric for risk-of-harm products where injury has not yet been reported.

Plain-English summary

ICU Medical, Inc. is recalling 40 units of Transpac IV Monitoring Kits, Item No. 42594-05. These kits include a 4-way stopcock, a 3-way stopcock, and 24-inch arterial pressure tubing. The product is a disposable straight pressure transducer that interfaces between a catheter and a pressure monitor.

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 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 units were distributed nationwide. The source text does not specify the exact number of units affected beyond the total quantity of 40 units listed in the product information, nor does it report any specific illnesses or injuries associated with the leak.

The recalled product

Product
Transpac¿ IV Monitoring Kit w/4 Way Stopcock, 3 Way Stopcock and 24" Arterial Pressure Tubing, Item No. 42594-05 The Transpac Disposable Straight Pressure Transducer (DSPT) is an extravascular pressure transducer that interfaces between a catheter and pressure monitor by convert
Manufacturer
ICU Medical, Inc.
Hazard
Affected units
40

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)

  • 3265442

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 →