Inadvertent energy delivery from surgical system instrument if 1) Force bipolar and bipolar instruments installed on system 2) Force bipolar connected to Force Triad generator, bipolar not connected to generator 3) Yellow pedal associated with force bipolar is pressed, released with head in surgeon console 4) Blue pedal associated with bipolar is pressed, resulting in force bipolar energy delivery
The balloon volume is incorrectly described as 34cc instead of 40cc on one of the three internal labels enclosed for hospital use. A labelling error may result in user confusion and/or delay in initiating therapy. Therapy delays may impact those patients who are more hemodynamically unstable.
Adult Blood Culture Collect kit and Pre-Op Changing Bathing Kit contain an incorrect expiration date on a component with the kit. CHG Solution with the Pre-Op Changing Bathing Kit and Bactec bottle plastic both have an expiration date that does not match the date listed on the kit.
Hip liner implant boxes may contain knee inserts and knee insert boxes may contain hip liner implants, which may lead to implants not being available for surgeries, which may cause delays in surgery.
Biopsy Systems have components that are misaligned due to an issue with the manufacturing assembly equipment, which may lead to the needle ejecting when triggered outside the body, which may result in user or patient needle stick injury.
A part defect with the wash 1 syringe of an SARS-CoV-2 assay could lead to incomplete extraction thereby producing an invalid or false negative assay result.
Printed Instructions for Use (IFU) not shipped with device. The Instructions for Use contain the Warnings, Precautions, Contraindications, and Procedures for the Preparation, Implantation, and Post Operative Care of the implantable port, failure to follow the Instructions for Use may result in patient injury.
Assigned vial lot numbers for the incorrect type of product. SARS-CoV-2 & Flu A/B lot numbers were incorrectly assigned to the positive and negative vial lot numbers for SARS-CoV-2 Ag LQCs within batch 2002204017, which should have been assigned SARS-CoV-2 Ag lot numbers resulting in an error message and preventing use of the LQC
Hip liner implant boxes may contain knee inserts and knee insert boxes may contain hip liner implants, which may lead to implants not being available for surgeries, which may cause delays in surgery.
Siemens has become aware of three potential software issues with ARTIS pheno systems with software version VE10B. This may lead to a hazardous situation for patients if treatment cannot be continued on the system and treatment needs to be continued on an alternate system.
Adult Blood Culture Collect kit and Pre-Op Changing Bathing Kit contain an incorrect expiration date on a component with the kit. CHG Solution with the Pre-Op Changing Bathing Kit and Bactec bottle plastic both have an expiration date that does not match the date listed on the kit.
Biopsy Systems have components that are misaligned due to an issue with the manufacturing assembly equipment, which may lead to the needle ejecting when triggered outside the body, which may result in user or patient needle stick injury.
Adult Blood Culture Collect kit and Pre-Op Changing Bathing Kit contain an incorrect expiration date on a component with the kit. CHG Solution with the Pre-Op Changing Bathing Kit and Bactec bottle plastic both have an expiration date that does not match the date listed on the kit.