Database updated: 27 October 2026
Safety Information
Medsafe Online Recall Database
Detail of Recall
| Type of Product: | Device |
| Medsafe Reference: | 15684 |
| Brand Name: | Hospira GemStar Infusion pump |
| Model: | List numbers: 13000, 13087, 13088, 13150, 13100 |
| Affected: | All serial numbers |
| Software version: | |
| Recalling Organisation: | Hospira NZ Ltd 58 Richard Pearse Drive Airport Oaks Mangere Auckland 2022 |
| Contact Information: | 04 384 7463 |
| Manufacturer: | Hospira Inc |
| Issue: | Hospira has become aware that some healthcare professionals may not have appropriately secured their Gemstar infusion pumps via the keypad lock code. Reports indicate that patients or unauthorized carers have been able to locate the default keypad lock code for Gemstar Infusion pumps through internet searches in order to tamper with programmed infusion parameters. One of the reports resulted in a serious injury, Hospira have received no reports relating to this issue in New Zealand or Australia. |
| Recall action type: | Correction |
| Recall action: | Instructions for use to be updated |
| Level of recall: | Hospital/Pharmacy/Laboratory |
| Date Commenced: | 22/11/2013 |
