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Device product

BG cartridges for IRMA TRUPOINT Blood Gas Analyzer, PN 048103. BG Cartridge are single use, disposable, in vitro diagnostics intended for point of care (POC), professional, use with the IRMA TRUpoint¿ Blood Analysis System.

Z-0160-2016

September 16, 2015

Class II

Product summary

Firm
LifeHealth, LLC
Event
Event 72305
Status
Terminated
Classification
Class II
Quantity
1735 boxes of 25. (43375 Cartridges)
Official record key
device-enforcement:Z-0160-2016

Official wording

Reason: May report values outside the published performance specifications for pH. After a certain point in shelf life, the pH sensor may give results that are falsely elevated. The discrepancy is greater as shelf life progresses and can be seen on the aqueous controls before the blood.

Code information: EOSCU EOTUZ EOVMW EOYUL EPANW EPCED EPDVM EPFOJ EPIXX EPKOJ EPNXA

Distribution pattern: US: Nationwide (AL, AR, CA, CO, FL, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, MD, MA,MI, MN, MS, MO, NE, NJ, NY,NC, OH, OK, PA, TN, TX, VA) OUS: ALBANIA, BELGIUM, BOLIVIA, CANADA, CHILE, CHINA, DENMARK. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, ECUADOR, EGYPT, ENGLAND, ESTONIA, PHILIPPINES, FRANCE, GERMANY, GREECE, ICELAND, INDONESIA, IRELAND, ITALY, JAMAICA, JAPAN, MOROCCO, NETHERLANDS, NORWAY, PERU, PORTUGAL, SOUTH AFRICA, SOUTH KOREA, SPAIN, TAIWAN, TUNISIA, TURKEY, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, VIETNAM.

Derived failure modes

  • Unknown

    reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0

    May report values outside the published performance specifications for pH. After a certain point in shelf life, the pH sensor may give results that are falsely elevated. The discrepancy is greater as shelf life progresses and can be seen on the aqueous controls before the blood.