# FDA recall Z-0735-2025

> **Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Inc.** · Class II · device recall initiated 2024-11-22.

## Product

epoc NXS Host; Siemens Material Number (SMN): 11413497 (EU); Software Version Number: 4.14.9.    Intended for use by trained medical professionals as an in vitro diagnostic device for the quantitative testing of samples of heparinized or un-anticoagulated arterial, venous or capillary whole blood in the laboratory or at the point of care.

## Reason for recall

Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics is recalling their epoc Blood Analysis System because of a software malfunction that occurs when specific criteria are met that can result in the incorrect patient name being assigned to a blood measurement by the device if the user of the device does not ensure verification of the correct patient name.  The software malfunction has the potential to impact patient safety via misdiagnosis and/or mistreatment by a clinician if the wrong patient information is saved with the test result from the subject device.

## Distribution

Nationwide Foreign: Albania Angola Argentina Australia Austria Bahrain Bangladesh Belarus Belgium Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Brazil Cambodia Canada Chile China Colombia Croatia Czech Republic Denmark Ecuador Egypt Estonia Finland France Germany Ghana Greece Guadeloupe Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kuwait Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Madagascar Malaysia Mexico Monaco Mongolia Morocco Myanmar Netherlands New Caledonia New Zealand Norway Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Republic Korea Romania Russian Federation Saudi Arabia Singapore Slovakia Slovenia South Africa Spain Sri Lanka Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Thailand Tunisia Turkey Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom Great Britain Uruguay Vietnam

## Key facts

- **Recall number:** Z-0735-2025
- **Recalling firm:** Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Inc.
- **Classification:** Class II
- **Product type:** device
- **Status:** Ongoing
- **Initiation date:** 2024-11-22
- **Report date:** 2025-01-01

- **Voluntary/Mandated:** Voluntary: Firm initiated
- **Location:** East Walpole, MA, United States

## Primary source

FDA Enforcement Reports: https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/ires/index.cfm?Product=Z-0735-2025

## Citation

> AI Analytics. FDA recall Z-0735-2025. Retrieved 2026-06-09 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/recall/Z-0735-2025. Source: US FDA. Licensed CC0.

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