Instrumentation Laboratory: Electrode Measurement, Blood-gases (pco2, Po2) And Blood Ph
Recall Summary Instrumentation Laboratory is recalling GEM Premier 5000 blood gas analyzers and their GEM PAK cartridges due to increased errors during warm-up that cause cartridges to be ejected and require replacement. This issue may delay patient test results across hospitals and labs worldwide. The company has confirmed customer complaints but notes that many cartridges continue to work properly and that the analyzer's quality control system can detect when cartridges pass validation checks.
- Recalling firm
- Instrumentation Laboratory
- Product
- GEM Premier 5000; Part No. 00055430008.
- Reason
- Confirmed customer complaints indicating that GEM PAKs (cartridges) for the GEM Premier 5000 may experience an increased incidence of Process Control Solution Not Detected (PCSND) errors during warm-up, including consecutive occurrences, resulting in GEM PAK ejection and requiring insertion of a new GEM PAK. iQM2 is an active quality process control program designed to provide continuous monitoring of the entire testing process. Thus, if a GEM PAK completes AutoPAK Validation following warm-up, it may remain in use. Consecutive GEM PAK ejections during warm-up may prolong turnaround times,...
- Classification
- Class II
- Category
- medical device recall
- Country
- United States
- Agency
- FDA-DEVICES
- Recall date
- 2026-01-20
- Status
- Open, Classified
- Areas affected
- AL, AK, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, HI, ID, ...
- Distribution
- Worldwide distribution - US Nationwide and the countries of Argentina, Austria, Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Brazil, Belarus, Switzerland, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, United Kingdom, Georgia,...
Official recall notice from FDA-DEVICES
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