The Recall Desk
Agency classClass IIOur severity:HighFDA (Devices)·Z-2815-2016·Announced 2016-09-21

ICU Medical Recalls SafeSet Reservoir Kits Due to Potential Leak

ICU Medical is recalling 10 units of SafeSet Reservoir and blood sampling kits containing Transpac IV transducers due to a potential for 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 criteria for a risk-of-harm product where injury has not yet been reported.

Plain-English summary

ICU Medical, Inc. is recalling 10 units of Monitoring Kits with 30mL Flush Devices, Item No. 46076-15, which include SafeSet Reservoir and blood sampling kits containing Transpac IV transducers. The recall is limited to lot number 3281057, which was distributed nationwide in the United States.

The recall was initiated because the company identified a potential for leak with these specific kits. The Transpac Disposable Straight Pressure Transducer (DSPT) is an extravascular pressure transducer that interfaces between a catheter and a pressure monitor, while the SafeSet Reservoir system is used for periodic blood sampling on patients.

Consumers and healthcare facilities should stop using the affected products and contact ICU Medical, Inc. for further instructions or a replacement.

The recalled product

Product
Monitoring Kit with 30mL Flush Device, Item No. 46076-15 Product Usage: 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…
Manufacturer
ICU Medical, Inc.
Hazard
Affected units
10

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Lot numbers (1)

  • lot number 3281057

Distribution

Distributed nationwide across the United States.

Part of a larger recall action

This product is one of 24 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 24 products in this recall →

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