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Pico50 arterial blood sampler

Official notice

25 Apr 2022

Last checked

25 Apr 2022

Medium riskHealth Canada

An official Health Canada notice concerns Pico50 arterial blood sampler. Radiometer has been performing integrity testing of the Pico50 arterial blood sampler packaging material. Integrity studies included sterility testing to show that the integrity of the sterile barrier system is intact. In the 24 month real time study, 1 out of 40 samples did not pass the sterility test acceptance criteria. This indicates that the sterile barrier system is compromised after 2 years storage and maintaining the product sterile throughout the shelf life cannot be showed. Recall start date: Apr 13, 2022 Published 2022-04-25.

What to do now

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Recall number

64108

Official notice

2022-04-25

The hazard

Radiometer has been performing integrity testing of the Pico50 arterial blood sampler packaging material. Integrity studies included sterility testing to show that the integrity of the sterile barrier system is intact. In the 24 month real time study, 1 out of 40 samples did not pass the sterility test acceptance criteria. This indicates that the sterile barrier system is compromised after 2 years storage and maintaining the product sterile throughout the shelf life cannot be showed. Recall start date: Apr 13, 2022

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Recall Numbers

64108

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Affected products

Product 1

Affected Products - Pico50 Arterial Blood Sampler, Lot or Serial Number - All lots., Model or catalog number - 956-552

Risk / hazard

Radiometer has been performing integrity testing of the Pico50 arterial blood sampler packaging material. Integrity studies included sterility testing to show that the integrity of the sterile barrier system is intact. In the 24 month real time study, 1 out of 40 samples did not pass the sterility test acceptance criteria. This indicates that the sterile barrier system is compromised after 2 years storage and maintaining the product sterile throughout the shelf life cannot be showed. Recall start date: Apr 13, 2022

Where it was sold

The source does not list specific retailers. See the official notice for where affected products were sold.

Location 1

CA · Canada

Affected area 1

CA · Canada

Company & contacts

Manufacturer

Not provided

Phone

Not provided

Brand: Radiometer Medical Aps, Pico50 Arterial Blood Sampler.

Source & status

Source

Health Canada

Tier

official

Category

HEALTH

Classification

Type II

App estimate

medium

Recall details

Recall number

64108

Classification

Type II

Source tier

official

Documents, notices & source

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