Database updated: 27 October 2026
Safety Information
Medsafe Online Recall Database
Detail of Recall
| Type of Product: | Device |
| Medsafe Reference: | 20545 |
| Brand Name: | Siemens RAPIDPoint 400/405/500 Systems and RAPIDLab 1200 Systemss |
| Model: | |
| Affected: | RAPIDPoint® 400/405/500 Blood Gas Analyzer - RAPIDLab® 1240/1245/1260/1265 Blood Gas Analyzer |
| Software version: | |
| Recalling Organisation: | Siemens Healthcare (NZ) Ltd 55 Hugo Johnston Drive Penrose Auckland |
| Contact Information: | 0800 310 300 |
| Manufacturer: | Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc |
| Issue: | In an unlikely set of circumstances, there is a potential for the first and/or last name of one patient to be printed with Patient ID and result data from a different patient, even though those fields have been turned off on the system. The patient ID and patient test result data, however, are correct on the analyser screen and the LIS. Only the printout may contain the incorrect First or Last Name data, which should not have been printed because those fields were turned Off in Setup. |
| Recall action type: | Correction |
| Recall action: | Manufacturer to issue advice regarding use |
| Level of recall: | Hospital/Pharmacy/Laboratory |
| Date Commenced: | 19/8/2016 |
