Database updated: 27 October 2026
Safety Information
Medsafe Online Recall Database
Detail of Recall
| Type of Product: | Device |
| Medsafe Reference: | 17744 |
| Brand Name: | Radiometer Pico 70 Arterial Blood Sampler |
| Model: | Product Code: 956-529 |
| Affected: | Lot No: 956-529LM52 |
| Software version: | |
| Recalling Organisation: | Radiometer Pacific Suite 1 1/30 Benedicts Street Eden Terrace Auckland 1010 |
| Contact Information: | 0800 723 722 |
| Manufacturer: | Radiometer Medical ApS |
| Issue: | Potential risk with Pico Arterial Blood Sampler where it has been reported that some needles have a brownish coating. The needle may not be sterile and if contaminated would expose the patient to a risk of developing a blood stream infection. |
| Recall action type: | Recall |
| Recall action: | Product to be exchanged |
| Level of recall: | Hospital/Pharmacy/Laboratory |
| Date Commenced: | 21/11/2014 |
