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Radiometer America Inc: Capillary (end) caps, accessory for use with blood gas analyzers included in Radiometer''s CLINITUBES kits. The end caps are packaged in bags. These bags are placed in the capillary tube kit which also contains: capillary tubes, end caps, mixing wires, and a magnet. Each kit may contain 1 or 5 bags depending on the kit model. Each bag contains: 110

Recall number
Z-1322-06
Recalling firm
Radiometer America Inc
Product
Capillary (end) caps, accessory for use with blood gas analyzers included in Radiometer''s CLINITUBES kits. The end caps are packaged in bags. These bags are placed in the capillary tube kit which also contains: capillary tubes, end caps, mixing wires, and a magnet. Each kit may contain 1 or 5 bags depending on the kit model. Each bag contains: 110
Status
Terminated
Initiated
2006-03-22
Posted
2006-08-03
Terminated
2012-02-24
Reason
Capilliary end caps, an accessory for ABL blood gas analyzers, leak blood from capillary tubes during transport.
Root cause
Other
Action
The firm notified their customers of this recall action with a letter dated 3/22/2006. The letter was accompanied by a single bag of new end caps. The letter informs the customers of the ''leakage'' problem and asks that the customer examine their inventories and discard any of the referenced end caps found on-hand at any of their various locations. The letter also includes a response form to be faxed back to Radiometer indicating the amount of replacement capillary end caps required by the customer in addition to the one bag received. The recalling firm also notified the customers that the suspect end caps will all be replaced ASAP.
Quantity
Green Caps: 208 kits. Each kit contains 1 to 5 bags of caps.
Distribution
Nationwide, Canada and Istanbul.
Lot, serial or model codes
Green Caps - Model #904-453  lot number less than 0535031
510(k) numbers
not on file
PMA numbers
not on file
Product code
GIO
Firm FEI
1523456
Firm city
Westlake
Firm state
OH
Firm country
not on file

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2026-09-28
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