Database updated: 27 October 2026
Safety Information
Medsafe Online Recall Database
Detail of Recall
| Type of Product: | Device |
| Medsafe Reference: | 19334 |
| Brand Name: | Hospira Sapphire Infusion Pump |
| Model: | |
| Affected: | Software version 11.00 or lower |
| 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: | Under specfic circumstances the Sapphire pump may not detect an occlusion. The resultant potential delay in therapy may happen if ALL of the following conditions occur: 1. The clamp is left closed at the "start" of the treatment, and 2. The treatment is set at Epidural mode, and 3. The programmed treatment is set to "bolus only" i.e the basal rate =0. |
| Recall action type: | Correction |
| Recall action: | Software to be upgraded |
| Level of recall: | Hospital/Pharmacy/Laboratory |
| Date Commenced: | 4/12/2015 |
