# FDA recall Z-1279-2021

> **Baxter Healthcare Corporation** · Class II · device recall initiated 2021-01-28.

## Product

Prismaflex Control Unit - Product Usage: Used for Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT).

## Reason for recall

Variability in the performance of the tubing in the Prismaflex Control Unit ARPS (Automatic Repositioning System) Pump Assembly, may lead to alarm situations during or after a system self-test.

## Distribution

Worldwide distribution - US Nationwide distribution including Puerto Rico and Guam and the countries of Albania, Algeria, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Libya, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Macedonia, Malta, Mauritius, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sudan, Syria, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Yemen, Australia, New Zealand, China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, India, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, Grand Cayman, Dominican Republic, St. Kitts, Venezuela, Argentina, Chile, Barbados, Bermuda, Costa Rica, Cuba, Haiti, Guatemal

## Key facts

- **Recall number:** Z-1279-2021
- **Recalling firm:** Baxter Healthcare Corporation
- **Classification:** Class II
- **Product type:** device
- **Status:** Terminated
- **Initiation date:** 2021-01-28
- **Report date:** 2021-03-31
- **Termination date:** 2024-06-13

- **Voluntary/Mandated:** Voluntary: Firm initiated
- **Location:** Deerfield, IL, United States

## Primary source

FDA Enforcement Reports: https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/ires/index.cfm?Product=Z-1279-2021

## Citation

> AI Analytics. FDA recall Z-1279-2021. Retrieved 2026-07-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/recall/Z-1279-2021. Source: US FDA. Licensed CC0.

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