Database updated: 27 October 2026
Safety Information
Medsafe Online Recall Database
Detail of Recall
| Type of Product: | Device |
| Medsafe Reference: | 25804 |
| Brand Name: | ABL800 series analysers |
| Model: | ABL800 series analysers with software versions below V6.19. |
| Affected: | |
| Software version: | |
| Recalling Organisation: | Radiometer Pacific Suite 1 1/30 Benedicts Street Eden Terrace Auckland 1010 |
| Contact Information: | 0800 723 722 |
| Manufacturer: | Radiometer Medical ApS |
| Issue: | The manufacturer has received a few reports of occurrences where the ABL800 barcode reader has misinterpreted the contents of a locally printed barcode label used for entering patient ID or accession number into the analyser in connection with a sample measurement. The occurrences relate to barcode types not using a check digit. |
| Recall action type: | Correction |
| Recall action: | Software to be upgraded |
| Level of recall: | Hospital/Pharmacy/Laboratory |
| Date Commenced: | 10/3/2020 |
