FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
Baxter Healthcare Corporation: Clearlink System Continu-Flo Administration Sets, Product Codes: 2C8519, 2C8537, and 2C8541 - Product Usage:For the administration of fluids from a container into the patients vascular system through a vascular access device.
- Recall number
- Z-0793-2020
- Recalling firm
- Baxter Healthcare Corporation
- Product
- Clearlink System Continu-Flo Administration Sets, Product Codes: 2C8519, 2C8537, and 2C8541 - Product Usage:For the administration of fluids from a container into the patients vascular system through a vascular access device.
- Status
- Open, Classified
- Initiated
- 2019-12-12
- Posted
- not on file
- Terminated
- not on file
- Reason
- Continu-Flo sets with male Luer bodies at the lower end of, and within, the ISO specification for outer diameter require a higher than expected connection force to fully inset and securely tighten the Luer to the ONE-LINK connector.
- Root cause
- Device Design
- Action
- The firm disseminated an urgent medical device correction notice on 12/12/2019. The notice explained the issue and provided the following actions be taken: 1. Baxter will be tightening its internal specifications for the D mold to produce Luers that target the mid to upper range of the ISO specification (target date December 2019). Additional actions, as needed, will be determined through investigation. 2. If you purchased this product directly from Baxter, complete the enclosed Baxter customer reply form and return it to Baxter by faxing it to 224-270-5457 or scanning and e-mailing it to fca@baxter.com, even if you do not have any inventory. Returning the Baxter customer reply form promptly will prevent you from receiving repeat notices. 3. If you purchased this product from a distributor, please note that the Baxter customer reply form is not applicable. If a reply form is provided by your distributor or wholesaler, please return it to the supplier according to their instructions. 4. If you distribute this product to other facilities or departments within your institution, please forward a copy of this communication to them. 5. If you are a dealer, wholesaler, distributor/reseller, or original equipment manufacturer (OEM) that distributed any affected product to other facilities, please distribute this notification to customers and check the associated box on the reply form. For general questions regarding this communication, contact Baxter Product Surveillance at 800-437-5176, between the hours of 8:00 am and 5:00 pm Central Time, Monday through Friday.
- Quantity
- 271,014,984 units
- Distribution
- Worldwide distribution - US Nationwide distribution and countries of Bermuda, Bahamas, Trinidad and Tobago, Grand Cayman, St. Thomas, Guyana and Barbados, Mexico, Canada, and New Zealand.
- Lot, serial or model codes
- Product Codes: 2C8519, UDI 00085412048994; 2C8537, UDI 00085412048970; and 2C8541, UDI 00085412071107 All Lots
- 510(k) numbers
- ["K961225"]
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- FPA
- Firm FEI
- 1417572
- Firm city
- Deerfield
- Firm state
- IL
- Firm country
- not on file
Where this comes from
- Register
- FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
- Publisher
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration (openFDA)
- File
- device-recall-0001-of-0001.json.zip
- sha256
- b87518bfe2e8
- Size
- 288210821 bytes
- Published
- 2026-09-28
- Read
- 2026-09-29T08:25:23.626Z
- Source file
- Source file retained · verify
- Refresh due
- 2026-10-06
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