The Recall Desk
HighFDA (Devices)·Z-0458-2017·Announced 2016-11-23

ICU Medical Recalls Transpac IV Transducer Kits Due to Leak Risk

ICU Medical is recalling 1,240 SafeSet Reservoir and blood sampling kits containing Transpac IV transducers due to a potential for leak.

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 for leak, which poses a risk of harm to patients, but the source text does not report any injuries or illnesses, fitting the 'High' severity criteria for risk-of-harm products where injury has not yet been reported.

Plain-English summary

ICU Medical, Inc. is recalling 1,240 units of SafeSet Reservoir and blood sampling kits that contain Transpac IV transducers. The affected products are identified by Item No. 46053-14 and codes 3253214 and 3281003. These kits 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 (DSPT) is an extravascular pressure transducer that interfaces between a catheter and a pressure monitor. The SafeSet Reservoir system is a blood sampling system assembled directly to the patient monitoring line.

The source text does not specify specific actions for consumers or patients, nor does it report any illnesses or injuries associated with this defect.

The recalled product

Product
ART LINE KIT W/ 3ML FLUSH DEVICE FOR JACKSON MEM. HOSP., Item No. 46053-14 The Transpac Disposable Straight Pressure Transducer (DSPT) is an extravascular pressure transducer that interfaces between a catheter and pressure monitor by converting changes in pressure into electrica
Manufacturer
ICU Medical, Inc.
Hazard
Affected units
1,240

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)

  • 3253214 3281003

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 →