Events

Recall of HOSPIRA MEDNET

According to Health Canada (via FOI), this recall involved a device in Canada that was produced by HOSPIRA HEALTHCARE CORPORATION.

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
    65406
  • Event Risk Class
    I
  • Event Initiated Date
    2016-07-26
  • Event Country
    Canada
  • Event Source
    HC
  • Notes / Alerts
    Canadian data is current through March 2018. All of the data comes from Health Canada, 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 Canada.
    ICU Medical, Inc. acquired from Pfizer in early 2017, Hospira Infusion Systems, the portion of Hospira dedicated to develop infusion pumps.
  • Extra notes in the data
  • Reason
    There is a potential for software issue in mednet version 6.1 when used with sapphireplus 13.1x infusion pumps. when a medication using a dose rate unit of million units and bolus is enabled in the drug library for that medication and concentration is not equal to 1 million units / ml then the bolus amount calculated on the sapphire plus pump will be incorrect.

Device

HOSPIRA MEDNET

Manufacturer

HOSPIRA HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
  • Manufacturer Address
    SAINT-LAURENT
  • Manufacturer Parent Company (2017)
    Pfizer
  • Source
    HC