Database updated: 27 October 2026
Safety Information
Medsafe Online Recall Database
Detail of Recall
| Type of Product: | Device |
| Medsafe Reference: | 18872 |
| Brand Name: | Q Core Sapphire Infusion Pump |
| Model: | Sapphire |
| Affected: | All units |
| Software version: | |
| Recalling Organisation: | Hospira NZ Ltd 58 Richard Pearse Drive Airport Oaks Mangere Auckland 2022 |
| Contact Information: | 04 384 7463 |
| Manufacturer: | Q Core Medical Ltd |
| Issue: | The manufacturer has received complaints from customers that when using the Epidural mode with patient bolus, the amount of medication delivered may be greater than programmed. Q Core Medical is adding to the User Manual the parameters of the Reference Catheter to allow precise correlation between the catheter dimensions, the back pressure and the deviation in flow that the catheter may cause. |
| Recall action type: | Correction |
| Recall action: | Instructions for use to be updated |
| Level of recall: | Hospital/Pharmacy/Laboratory |
| Date Commenced: | 21/7/2015 |
