—#121596

Product

Siemens RAPIDPoint 500 system blood gas analyzer Product Usage: RAPIDPoint 500 System: The RAPIDPoint 500 system is designed for professional use in a point-of-care or laboratory environment. This system tests blood gases, electrolytes, metabolites, total hemoglobin, and hemoglobin derivatives in arterial, venous, and capillary whole blood samples. The following parameters are tested: pH, pC02, p02, Na+, K+, Ca++, Cl-, glucose, lactate, tHb, F02Hb, FCOHb, FMetHb, FHHb, nBili

FDA product code: CHL — Electrode Measurement, Blood-Gases (Pco2, Po2) And Blood Ph
Device class: Class 2
Medical specialty: Clinical Chemistry
510(k) numbers: K113216
Affected lot / code info: All Serial Numbers

Why it was recalled

RAPIDPoint 400 Series, RAPIDPoint 500, or RAPIDLab 1200 Series blood gas analyzer, users can inadvertently enter a wrong patient ID on the demographics screen, which ultimately could lead to a misidentification of the sample

Root cause (FDA determination)

Software Manufacturing/Software Deployment

Action the firm took

Siemens Healthcare sent an Urgent Field Safety Notification letter dated September 2013 via Federal Express, to affected Siemens domestic customers. Effected Siemens customers outside the US was provided a copy of the Urgent Field Safety Notice via hard copy, e-mail, and/or fax as determined by each countries local regulations and procedures. Previously Siemens Healthcare had issued a Customer Notification on August 23, 2012. The letter identified the affected product, issue, information to mitigate the issue and actions to be taken. The firm will issue an upgrades software to users. For questions contact your local Customer Care Center - Technical Support Representative at 1-877-229-3711.

Recalling firm

Firm: Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc
Address: 2 Edgewater Dr, Norwood, Massachusetts 02062-4637

Distribution

Distribution pattern: Worldwide Distribution - USA Nationwide and in the countries of Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bosnia Herzeg., Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Fren.Polynesia, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mayotte, Netherlands, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Norway, P.R. China, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Rep. of Yemen, Republic Korea, Romania, Russian Fed., Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Turkmenistan, U.A.E., United Kingdom, Vatikancity, Venezuela, Vietnam,

Timeline

Recall initiated: 2012-09-17
Posted by FDA: 2013-10-29
Terminated: 2015-04-01
Status: —

Source: openFDA Device Recall endpoint. Recall record ID #121596. The FDA issues recall classifications as health-hazard assessments, not legal findings; for legal claims consult a licensed attorney.