FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
Hospira Inc.: GemStar Bolus Cord; a remote bolus cord and switch for use with GemStar 7 Therapy and Pain Management Pumps, list 13000, 13150, 13087 and 13088; Hospira, Inc., Lake Forest, IL 60045; List Number 13027; An accessory for the infusion pump that allows bolus requests to be made by a patient or clinician up to 6 feet (1.8 m) away from the pump.
- Recall number
- Z-1463-2012
- Recalling firm
- Hospira Inc.
- Product
- GemStar Bolus Cord; a remote bolus cord and switch for use with GemStar 7 Therapy and Pain Management Pumps, list 13000, 13150, 13087 and 13088; Hospira, Inc., Lake Forest, IL 60045; List Number 13027; An accessory for the infusion pump that allows bolus requests to be made by a patient or clinician up to 6 feet (1.8 m) away from the pump.
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2012-03-28
- Posted
- 2012-04-26
- Terminated
- 2016-09-14
- Reason
- Hospira has received customer reports of bolus delivery failures when using the GemStar bolus cord. Possible failures may be a result of cracked or damaged bolus cords which may result in an open or short circuit of the Bolus Cord.
- Root cause
- Nonconforming Material/Component
- Action
- Hospira, sent an "URGENT DEVICE FIELD CORRECTION RECALL" letter dated March 28, 2012 to all affected customers. The letter identifies the product, problem, and actions to be taken by the customers. The customers were instructed to take care when removing the bolus cord from the base of the GemStar unit, inspect the cord for damage, discontinue using any damaged cords, and to call Hospira at 1-800-241-4002 for replacement. A Reply Form was enclosed for customers to complete and return via fax to 1-866-912-7085 or e-mail to: Hospira2627@stericycle.com. Contact Hospira Customer Care at 1-877-946-7747 for technical assistance.
- Quantity
- 47,127 cords - U.S. and 39,968 cords - ROW
- Distribution
- Worldwide Distribution-USA (nationwide) including Puerto Rico and the countries of Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Korea, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nola, Norway, Oman, Philippines, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uruguay and Venezuela.
- Lot, serial or model codes
- List Number 13027, all units
- 510(k) numbers
- ["K023062","K042980","K051079","K060806","K083019"]
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- FRN
- Firm FEI
- 3013319212
- Firm city
- Lake Forest
- Firm state
- IL
- Firm country
- not on file
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- FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
- Publisher
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration (openFDA)
- File
- device-recall-0001-of-0001.json.zip
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- Size
- 288210821 bytes
- Published
- 2026-09-28
- Read
- 2026-09-29T08:25:23.626Z
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- Refresh due
- 2026-10-06
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