Database updated: 27 October 2026
Safety Information
Medsafe Online Recall Database
Detail of Recall
| Type of Product: | Device |
| Medsafe Reference: | 25001 |
| Brand Name: | Rocket Fetal Blood Sampling Kit |
| Model: | |
| Affected: | Multiple Lots |
| Software version: | |
| Recalling Organisation: | Rocket Medical (NZ) Ltd Sidekick Auckland North Ltd Level 1 445 Lake Road Takapuna 0622 |
| Contact Information: | +64 021 198 8488 |
| Manufacturer: | Rocket Medical PLC |
| Issue: | The manufacturer has received a complaint regarding the use of AXONGESIC ethyl chloride spray with Rocket FBS Amnioscopes. On contact with the spray, a white deposit was observed on the surface of the amnioscope and on the fetal scalp. This suggests an incompatibility between ethyl chloride and ABS. |
| Recall action type: | Correction |
| Recall action: | Instructions for use to be updated |
| Level of recall: | Hospital/Pharmacy/Laboratory |
| Date Commenced: | 19/8/2019 |
