Events

Recall of In-Line Blood Set with Filter

According to Department of Health, Therapeutic Goods Administration, this recall involved a device in Australia that was produced by Baxter Healthcare Pty Ltd.

What is this?

A correction or removal action taken by a manufacturer to address a problem with a medical device. Recalls occur when a medical device is defective, when it could be a risk to health, or when it is both defective and a risk to health.

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  • Type of Event
    Recall
  • Event ID
    RC-2018-RN-00783-1
  • Event Risk Class
    Class I
  • Event Initiated Date
    2018-06-18
  • Event Country
    Australia
  • Event Source
    DHTGA
  • Event Source URL
    https://apps.tga.gov.au/Prod/sara/arn-detail.aspx?k=RC-2018-RN-00783-1
  • Notes / Alerts
    Australian data is current through July 2018. All of the data comes from the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration, except for the categories Manufacturer Parent Company and Product Classification.
    The Parent Company and the Product Classification were added by ICIJ.
    The parent company information is based on 2017 public records. The device classification information comes from FDA’s Product Classification by Review Panel, based on matches of recall data from the U.S. and Australia.
  • Extra notes in the data
  • Reason
    Baxter healthcare have identified the potential for a leak to occur at the tube to cap junction of the in-line blood set with filter (mmc2433). preliminary investigation has shown that this issue is due to the combination of cap dimension variability, especially on lower limit, and insertion depth of the cap into the tube on the lower side.To date, no complaints have been received as a result of this issue.
  • Action
    Baxter is advising customers to identify and quarantine affected product from their facility. Baxter will arrange return of product from impacted users.

Device

In-Line Blood Set with Filter
  • Model / Serial
    In-Line Blood Set with FilterProduct Code: MMC2433Multiple Lot NumbersARTG Number: 108533(Baxter Healthcare - Blood transfusion set)
  • Manufacturer
    Baxter Healthcare Pty Ltd

Manufacturer

Baxter Healthcare Pty Ltd