Events

Recall of Radiometer HemoCue Glucose 201RT Microcuvettes

According to New Zealand Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority, this recall involved a device in New Zealand that was produced by Hemocue AB.

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
    19846
  • Event Initiated Date
    2016-03-09
  • Event Country
    New Zealand
  • Event Source
    NZMMDSA
  • Event Source URL
    https://medsafe.govt.nz/hot/Recalls/RecallSearch.asp
  • Notes / Alerts
    Data from New Zealand is current through July 2018. All of the data comes from the New Zealand Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority, 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 New Zealand.
  • Extra notes in the data
    Recalling Organisation: Radiometer Pacific, Unit 3, 33 Spartan Road, Takanini 2105
  • Reason
    Manufacturer has recently become aware of a production related problem that affects hemocue glu-cose 201rt microcuvettes. during an internal investigation a minor deviation was found, which may cause the microcuvettes to not perform as intended., the affected lots of microcuvettes may, in rare cases, result in false high results in the low glucose measuring range (hypoglycemic range).
  • Action
    Product to be destroyed

Device

Radiometer HemoCue Glucose 201RT Microcuvettes
  • Model / Serial
    Model: 114701, Affected: Batch Nos 1405987,1409916,1409917,1501941,1501949,1505980,1506994
  • Manufacturer
    Hemocue AB

Manufacturer

Hemocue AB