Database updated: 27 October 2026
Safety Information
Medsafe Online Recall Database
Detail of Recall
| Type of Product: | Device |
| Medsafe Reference: | 25105 |
| Brand Name: | OriGen Blood Bags |
| Model: | |
| Affected: | Lot U20630 |
| Software version: | |
| Recalling Organisation: | Abacus dx New Zealand Unit B, 30 Vestey Drive Mt Wellington Auckland 1060 |
| Contact Information: | 0800222170 |
| Manufacturer: | OriGen Biomedical Inc |
| Issue: | The manufacturer has identified on unreleased product of an unsealed sterile barrier pouch that shows no evidence of a seal ever being made. The complaint was made on a device that is packaged in a double sterile barrier system, thus there was not a breach of sterility and therefore, no patient harm. |
| Recall action type: | Recall |
| Recall action: | Product to be returned to supplier |
| Level of recall: | Hospital/Pharmacy/Laboratory |
| Date Commenced: | 16/9/2019 |
