Database updated: 27 October 2026
Safety Information
Medsafe Online Recall Database
Detail of Recall
| Type of Product: | Device |
| Medsafe Reference: | 21432 |
| Brand Name: | Siemens RAPIDLab® 348 / RAPIDLab® 348EX Gas Cartridge Pack |
| Model: | |
| Affected: | 10309768, lot numbers 5260xx through 7020xx |
| Software version: | |
| Recalling Organisation: | Siemens Healthcare (NZ) Ltd Millennium Centre, Part Level 2, Building A 600 Great South Road Ellerslie AUCKLAND 1051 |
| Contact Information: | 0800 310 300 |
| Manufacturer: | Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc |
| Issue: | The manufacturer has received a number of reports of gas cartridges failing to install on the RAPIDLab 348 and RAPIDLab 348EX instruments due to defective threads on the gas cartridges. The issue is intermittent and not all gas cartridges are affected. |
| Recall action type: | Correction |
| Recall action: | Product to be exchanged |
| Level of recall: | Hospital/Pharmacy/Laboratory |
| Date Commenced: | 18/5/2017 |
