Z-1135-2018 Class II Terminated
Recall Details
- Product Type
- Devices
- Report Date
- March 28, 2018
- Initiation Date
- November 13, 2017
- Termination Date
- September 16, 2025
- Voluntary/Mandated
- Voluntary: Firm initiated
- Product Quantity
- 16,600 pumps total
Product Description
Medfusion Syringe Pump 3500 Series The Medfusion¿ Syringe Infusion Pumps are indicated for the following uses: 1) Administration of fluids requiring precisely controlled infusion rates including blood or blood products, lipids, drugs, antibiotics, enteral solutions and other therapeutic fluids; 2) By the following delivery routes: arterial, epidural, intravenous, intrathecal, subcutaneous, and enteral; 3)By the following delivery modes: continuous, volume/time, mass, body weight, intermittent, and bolus; 4) In critical care, anesthesia, neonatal, and pediatric applications or other healthcare settings where use of the syringe infusion pump can be monitored or supervised by a clinician; 5) Inside the MRI room mounted outside the 150 Gauss line and with shielded magnets of field strength of 1.5 Tesla.
Reason for Recall
Certain Medfusion Syringe Pump Models, Series 3100, 3500, and 4000, may not recognize or may misidentify loaded medication syringes. The inability of a pump to recognize a syringe (i.e. the size of the syringe is unknown to the pump) results in an inability to complete pump programming. Misidentification of a syringe is where the pump misinterprets the syringe size.
Distribution Pattern
Worldwide distribution- US nationwide Distribution and to the countries of : Australia, Barbados, Canada, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Jamaica, New Zealand, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, Trinidad and Tobago, United Arab Emirates, and United Kingdom.
Code Information
Product Codes 3500G, 3500VX, 3500-414, 3500-402, 3500-0600-249, 3500-0600-00, 3500-0600-01, 3500-0600-50, 3500-0600-51, 3500-0600-82, 3500-306, 3500-415, 3500-500