The Recall Desk
Agency classClass IIOur severity:HighFDA (Devices)·Z-0439-2017·Announced 2016-11-23

ICU Medical Recalls Transpac IV Monitoring Kits Due to Leak Risk

ICU Medical is recalling specific Transpac IV monitoring kits because the SafeSet Reservoir and blood sampling components may leak.

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 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 specific units of the Transpac IV Monitoring Kit with Disposable Transducer, 3 mL Intraflo Flush and Macrodrop (Pole Mount), Item No. 42606-05. The recall involves 3,460 units that were distributed nationwide.

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 SafeSet Reservoir system is a blood sampling system assembled directly to the patient monitoring line and is used on patients where periodic blood sampling is required.

Healthcare facilities and consumers should stop using the affected units and contact ICU Medical for further instructions. The affected units are identified by the following codes: 3226298, 3240645, and 3264111.

The recalled product

Product
TRANSPAC¿ IV MONITORING KIT WITH DISPOSABLE TRANSDUCER, 3 ML INTRAFLO¿ FLUSH AND MACRODRIP (POLE MOUNT), Item No. 42606-05 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
3,460

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)

  • 3226298 3240645 3264111

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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