Other Medical Devices

Potential safety issue where a patient may be harmed while preparing for or during a scan.

Potential safety issue where a patient may be harmed while preparing for or during a scan.

The connectors may not allow catheters to be inserted as intended if the connector is not in the fully open position.

Heart-Lung Machine GUI touchscreen may go dark for 10-15 seconds, safety/performance functions remain operational before reset, control maintained through backup control panel, but second reset may occur, may lead to gas blender standby, then gas blender must be reactivated using user interface on blender, sensors deactivated until new case started; GUI reset can lead to Hypoxia and Hypoperfusion.

Potential safety issue where a patient may be harmed while preparing for or during a scan.

Deviations in the manufacturing process created a compromise in the sterile barrier, in which sterility cannot be assured during the duration of the product's 2-year shelf life.

Baxter is aware of several recalls by other manufacturers related to the potential risk of exposure to non-dioxin-like (NDL) polychlorinated biphenyl acids (PCBAs) and NDL polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) when using certain peritoneal dialysis and hemodialysis devices.

Potential failure of affected units to recharge the battery of the oxygen concentrators.

Baxter is aware of several recalls by other manufacturers related to the potential risk of exposure to non-dioxin-like (NDL) polychlorinated biphenyl acids (PCBAs) and NDL polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) when using certain peritoneal dialysis and hemodialysis devices.

Due to potential issues with design, manufacturing and documentation issues related to the validation of the affected products/devices.

Baxter is aware of several recalls by other manufacturers related to the potential risk of exposure to non-dioxin-like (NDL) polychlorinated biphenyl acids (PCBAs) and NDL polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) when using certain peritoneal dialysis and hemodialysis devices.

Deviations in the manufacturing process created a compromise in the sterile barrier, in which sterility cannot be assured during the duration of the product's 2-year shelf life.

Baxter is aware of several recalls by other manufacturers related to the potential risk of exposure to non-dioxin-like (NDL) polychlorinated biphenyl acids (PCBAs) and NDL polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) when using certain peritoneal dialysis and hemodialysis devices.

Baxter is aware of several recalls by other manufacturers related to the potential risk of exposure to non-dioxin-like (NDL) polychlorinated biphenyl acids (PCBAs) and NDL polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) when using certain peritoneal dialysis and hemodialysis devices.

Baxter is aware of several recalls by other manufacturers related to the potential risk of exposure to non-dioxin-like (NDL) polychlorinated biphenyl acids (PCBAs) and NDL polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) when using certain peritoneal dialysis and hemodialysis devices.

Potential failure of affected units to recharge the battery of the oxygen concentrators.

Potential failure of affected units to recharge the battery of the oxygen concentrators.

Potential failure of affected units to recharge the battery of the oxygen concentrators.

A manufacturing defect causes Atellica CH Reaction Ring Cuvette Segments with lot numbers N15 on the packaging or 15 on the underside of the cuvette segment have a potential for imprecision and erroneously depressed or elevated QC and patient results for seven (7) analytes: Ammonia, Acetaminophen, Alanine Aminotransferase (ALT), Hemoglobin A1c, Creatinine Kinase (CK), Cystatin C, and Salicylate.

Firm received complaints reporting that guides were warped when pulled out of packaging. This issue may result in extension of surgery to find another product, or may lead to adverse local tissue reaction leading to surgical intervention.