Recall Z-1386-2011 ยท LHI Set, I.V. Fluid Transfer
Baxter Healthcare Corp.
AUTOMIX 3+3 Compounder with Accusource Monitoring System, product 2M8287; automated nutrition compounders; Baxter Healthcare Corporation, Clintec Nutrition Division, Deerfield, IL 60015 The Automix Compounder Systems are electromechanical positive displacement fluid compounding devices used in the admixture of large volume parenteral nutrition formulations via gravimetric weighing.
| Date | Feb 22, 2011 (initiated Jan 27, 2011) |
| Status | Terminated |
| Reason | The AUTOMIX compounder may not respond correctly to the key pressed by the operator using the keypad. The incorrect keypad response issue can occur both in manual data entry mode (STD Mode) and when entering order numbers to download from host software (MAN ID Mode). It is possible that an incorrect volume and/or an incorrect solution could be admixed into the final bag. |
| Root cause | Other |
| Action | Baxter Healthcare Corp. sent Urgent Device Correction letters dated January 27, 2011, via first class mail to all affected customers. informing personnel that use Automix compounders to exercise care when entering data, and verify the accuracy of the keypad response. The accounts were requested to convey this information to all users of the Automix compounders, emphasizing the need to verify data accuracy each time the keypad is used. The accounts were also requested to complete the attached customer reply form listing the model and serial number of each of the Automix compounders at the faci |
| Quantity | 950 units |
| Distribution | Worldwide Distribution - USA - Nationwide including Puerto Rico, and internationally to Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, El Salvador, Egypt, Germany, Guatemala, Honduras, Luxembourg, Mexico, Panama, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Switzerland, Taiwan, Trinidad, Turkey, United Arab Emir |
| FDA record | Open on fda.gov |
510(k) clearances named in this recall
| K961008 | AUTOMIX 3+3/AS COMPOUNDER SYSTEM Baxter Healthcare Corp, Oct 10, 1997 |