Database updated: 27 October 2026
Safety Information
Medsafe Online Recall Database
Detail of Recall
| Type of Product: | Device |
| Medsafe Reference: | 20936 |
| Brand Name: | Oxylog Emergency Transport Ventilators |
| Model: | |
| Affected: | Oxylog 3000; and Oxylog 3000plus |
| Software version: | |
| Recalling Organisation: | Draeger New Zealand Ltd Unit 4 24 Bishop Dunn Place East Tamaki Auckland 2013 |
| Contact Information: | 0800 559 186 |
| Manufacturer: | Draegerwerk AG & Co KGaA |
| Issue: | In December 2015 the manufacturer informed of an error condition obser with the Oxylog 3000 and Oxylog 3000plus, where the loss of contact of one of the control knobs generated an error message (previously referred to as Poti unplugged). In these cases, acoustical and visual alarms are triggered, the breathing system releases pressure and the ventilation function stops operating. The error condition was caused by an oxide layer in the potentiometer. Oxide layers may accumulate over a longer period of time if various factors collude i.e. if the knobs are moved rarely or never. A verified remedy is repeated twisting of the knobs that removes the oxide layer. Remedy of twisting the knob is still considered effective however, to reduce the impact of this error condition the manufacturer has developed new software that reduces the impact of the error condition |
| Recall action type: | Correction |
| Recall action: | Software to be upgraded |
| Level of recall: | Hospital/Pharmacy/Laboratory |
| Date Commenced: | 15/12/2016 |
