ClearanceBrief
Recall Z-1060-05 ยท FRN Pump, Infusion

Baxter Healthcare Corp.

Baxter Colleague Triple Channel Volumetric Infusion Pumps; Baxter Healthcare Corporation, Medication Delivery Division, Deerfield, IL 60015 U.S.A., Made in Singapore; product codes 2M8153, 2M8153R, 2M8163, 2M8163R

DateAug 10, 2005 (initiated Jul 20, 2005)
StatusTerminated
ReasonA hardware problem can cause internal communications errors which halt therapies, generate alarms and communication failure codes.
Root causeDevice Design
ActionBaxter sent the 7/20/05 Urgent Product Recall letter to all Colleague Infusion Pump customers, to the attention of the Director of Nursing and the Biomedical Engineer, via overnight delivery to alert them of a patient death which may have been associated with an electronic failure resulting from a design issue with the pump, and listed failure codes 402, 403, 532, 533, 534, 535, 702, 703, 704, 720, 804:22, 804:24, 804:29, 804:34, 804:52, 804:54, 804:58 and 12:303:xxx:0006 that may be related to the electronic failure. The users were advised to have a contingency plan to mitigate any disruptio
Quantity53,686 pumps
DistributionNationwide including Puerto Rico, and internationally to Australia, the Bahamas, Bahrain, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Israel, Lebanon, Mexico, New Zealand, Panama, the Philippines, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Taiwan, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and teh
FDA recordOpen on fda.gov

510(k) clearances named in this recall

K041191COLLEAGUE VOLUMETRIC INFUSION PUMPS
Baxter Healthcare Corp, Jun 25, 2004