Recall StatusOpen, Classified
Date Initiated2021-08-06
Product Quantity519,250
Reason for Recall
There is potential for harmful levels of aluminum leaching when using lower flow rates with certain solutions and blood products and longer duration of use.
Firm Action
Smiths Medical sent an Urgent Medical Device Recall Notice and attachments dated August 13, 2021 to all affected customers. The letter instructed all customers who purchased affected devices listed in the table on page 1 of the Urgent Medical Device Recall Notice must identify any of the affected products within their possession and refer to the detailed instructions on pages 2 and 3 of the notice.
Distributors will be instructed to immediately forward a copy of the Urgent Medical Device Recall Notice and attachments to any customers to whom they have distributed affected product. Distributors will also be instructed to request that customers to who they have distributed affected product complete the Response Form and return it to the distributor. Distributors will indicate their identity as the distributor and document the consignees name and address.
Questions regarding this recall notification may be forwarded to
[email protected].
Distribution Pattern
US Nationwide Distribution and PR
OUS distribution in - Austria, Australia, Belgium, Switzerland, Canada, Germany, Spain, Finland, France, United Kingdom, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Kuwait, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Panama, Poland, Portugal, Sweden, Turkey, Venezuela, South Africa
Related FDA 510(k) Records
Devices referenced by this recall via K-numbers.
Official Source
View FDA Recall →Source: FDA Enforcement Report / Recall database. Always confirm against the official FDA record.