FDA recall Z-1280-2018

Baxter Healthcare Corporation · Class II · device

Product

Prismaflex Control Unit. Dialyzer, high permeability with or without sealed dialysate system. Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT) for patients weighing 20 kilograms or more with acute renal failure and/or fluid overload. *Therapeutic Plasma Exchange (TPE) therapy for patients weighing 20 kilograms or more with diseases where removal of plasma components is indicated.

Reason for recall

Firm has received reports of device operators failing to adhere to instructions for use pertaining to the safe unloading of disposable sets from the Prismaflex Control Unit. Additionally, for software versions 5.10 and 6.10, the programmed syringe size for the syringe pump may revert to safe default values unintentionally.

Distribution

Worldwide Distribution - USA (nationwide) Distribution and to the countries of : Algeria, Armenia, Australia, Bahrain, Belarus, Belgium, Canada, China, Cyprus, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Iran, Israel, Ivory Coast, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Libya, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malaysia, Malta, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Ukraine, Vietnam, Yemen, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Dominican Republic

Key facts

Status
Terminated
Initiation date
2017-02-15
Report date
2018-04-11
Termination date
2019-05-08
Voluntary/Mandated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Location
Deerfield, IL, United States

Primary source

https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/ires/index.cfm?Product=Z-1280-2018