The Recall Desk
HighFDA (Devices)·Z-0547-2017·Announced 2016-11-23

ICU Medical Recalls Transpac IV Monitoring Kits Due to Leak Risk

ICU Medical is recalling Transpac IV Monitoring Kits with SafeSet Reservoirs due to a potential for leaks.

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 leaks, 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 Transpac IV Monitoring Kits that include SafeSet Reservoirs and blood sampling kits containing Transpac IV transducers. The recall is being conducted because the company identified a potential for leaks in these specific components.

The affected products are distributed nationwide. 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, used on patients where periodic blood sampling is required.

Healthcare facilities and consumers should stop using the affected kits and contact ICU Medical for further instructions or a replacement.

The recalled product

Product
Transpac¿ IV Monitoring Kit w/Safeset 72" Pressure Tubing, Reservoir, 03 ml Squeeze Flush and 2 Needleless Valves, Item No. 46103-77 The Transpac Disposable Straight Pressure Transducer (DSPT) is an extravascular pressure transducer that interfaces between a catheter and pressur
Manufacturer
ICU Medical, Inc.
Hazard

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)

  • 3226830

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 →