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HighFDA (Devices)·Z-1074-2015·Announced 2015-03-04

Hospira Recalls Plum A+ Infusion Pumps With Silent Alarm Defect

Hospira is recalling nine Plum A+ infusion pumps because their alarm assemblies may fail to sound at any volume level.

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 where a critical safety feature (alarms) may fail, posing a risk of harm to patients, but no specific injuries or illnesses are reported in the source text.

Plain-English summary

Hospira Inc. is recalling nine units of the Plum A+ Infusion System. The recall involves one lot of alarm assemblies used in these pumps, which may fail to sound at all volume levels.

The affected devices are cassette-based multi-function infusion systems designed for standard, piggyback, or concurrent delivery of parenteral, enteral, or epidural infusions. The specific units involved have serial numbers 18807410, 18807428, 18807439, 18807459, 18807511, 18807523, 18807578, 16792228, and 16792250.

These devices were distributed worldwide, including in the United States, Puerto Rico, and numerous international locations such as Canada, Brazil, and the United Kingdom. Healthcare facilities should check their inventory for these specific serial numbers and contact Hospira for instructions on how to proceed.

The recalled product

Product
The Plum A+ Infusion System is designed to meet the fluid delivery requirements of today's evolving healthcare environments. It is a cassette based multi-function infusion system. The Plum A+ allows two lines in and one line out. The pump can be used for standard, piggyback, or c
Manufacturer
Hospira Inc.
Category
Medical Device — Infusion Pumps
Hazard
Affected units
9

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 (9)

  • 1) List Number:11005: Serial Numbers: 18807410
  • 18807428
  • 18807439
  • 18807459
  • 18807511
  • 18807523
  • 18807578
  • 16792228
  • 16792250

Distribution

Distributed in 50 states:

Part of a larger recall action

This product is one of 5 recalled by Hospira 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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