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LifeShield; Sterile; Rx only; List No. 19666-28; SYMBIQ PUMP SET, CONVERTIBLE PIN, PIGGYBACK, 2 CLAVES PORTS AND OPTION LOK, NON-DEHP; NOMINAL LENGTH: 97 IN (249 CM); PRIMING VOLUME: 14 ML; For the administration of I.V. fluids; Made in Costa Rica; Hospira, Inc., Lake Forest, IL 60045 USA The Hospira Symbiq Infusion System is a general infusion system which provides IV infusion across the general spectrum of clinical care. The Symbiq pumps are standard sized pumps which are typically facility-based infusion pumps which may be used to deliver continuous and/or intermittent infusions to a variety of patient populations.
- Recall number
- Z-1751-2013
- Initiated
- June 18, 2013
- Classification
- Class II
- Status
- Terminated
- Recalling firm
- Hospira Inc.
- Quantity
- 14,400 units
App-derived interpretation
Hospira has received reports of customers experiencing air-in-line alarms related to administration sets that have a drip chamber with a ball valve. Preliminary investigation findings found that there is a potential for the ball valve to not seal the drip chamber as intended, leading to air in the line of the administration set.
Official device-enrichment evidence · Unknown
An exact joined enrichment record exists, but none supplies supported root-cause wording. This is not an FDA finding of an unknown cause.
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Reason for recall
Hospira has received reports of customers experiencing air-in-line alarms related to administration sets that have a drip chamber with a ball valve. Preliminary investigation findings found that there is a potential for the ball valve to not seal the drip chamber as intended, leading to air in the line of the administration set.
Code information
List Number: 19666-04-28; Lot Number: 87-188-5H
Distribution pattern
Worldwide Distribution - US (nationwide) including the states of IA, IL, MN, SD and WA., and Costa Rica.