Recall Z-0445-06 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, BRM8153(Brazilian Portugese), DNM8153(French), HNM8153(German), PNM8153(Spanish), CNM8153(Swedish), GNM8153(Danish), TRM8153(Turkish), WNM8153(Dutch) ,2M8163, 2M8163R
| Date | Jan 31, 2006 (initiated Dec 13, 2005) |
| Status | Terminated |
| Reason | Interruption of therapy due to battery undercharging, the generation of air-in-line alarms due to IV administration set tugging, and gearbox wear; and underinfusion due to misalignment of the pump head components. |
| Root cause | Device Design |
| Action | Baxter sent the 12/13/05 Urgent Device Correction letter to all Colleague Infusion Pump customers, to the attention of the Director of Nursing and the Biomedical Engineer, via first class mail to alert them to additional problems with the pump that may interrupt therapy. These issues include battery undercharging, generation of false air detected alarms due to IV administration set tugging, gearbox wear, underinfusion and non-detection of upstream occlusions. The letters included mitigating instructions to reduce the occurrence of these potential problems, and included a copy of the Battery |
| Quantity | 53,686 pumps |
| Distribution | Worldwide distribution: USA, Puerto Rico, United Kingdom, Canada, Brazil, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Turkey, Kuwait, South Africa, Chile, Saudi Arabia, Korea, Mexico, Colombia, New Zealand, the Bahamas, Belgium, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Israel, Lebanon, Panama, the Philippines and the United Arab |
| FDA record | Open on fda.gov |
510(k) clearances named in this recall
| K041191 | COLLEAGUE VOLUMETRIC INFUSION PUMPS Baxter Healthcare Corp, Jun 25, 2004 |