The Recall Desk
HighFDA (Devices)·Z-0498-2017·Announced 2016-11-23

ICU Medical Recalls Transpac Transducer Kits Due to Leak Risk

ICU Medical is recalling specific Transpac IV transducer kits because of a potential leak. The recall covers 1,440 units distributed nationwide.

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, 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 where injury has not yet been reported.

Plain-English summary

ICU Medical, Inc. is recalling 1,440 units of the Trifurcated Disposable Transducer Kit with 0.3ml Flush Device for Johns Hopkins/Bayview (Item No. 46088-74). These kits contain the Transpac IV transducers and are used to interface between a catheter and a pressure monitor, as well as for blood sampling via the SafeSet Reservoir system.

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 products were distributed nationwide.

Healthcare facilities and consumers should stop using the affected kits and contact ICU Medical for further instructions. The specific lot codes associated with this recall are 3240639, 3245746, 3265550, and 3281175.

The recalled product

Product
TRIFURCATED DISPOSABLE TRANSDUCER KIT W/03ML FLUSH DEVICE FOR JOHNS HOPKINS/BAYVIEW, Item No. 46088-74 The Transpac Disposable Straight Pressure Transducer (DSPT) is an extravascular pressure transducer that interfaces between a catheter and pressure monitor by converting change
Manufacturer
ICU Medical, Inc.
Hazard
Affected units
1,440

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)

  • 3240639 3245746 3265550 3281175

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 →