FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
Instrumentation Laboratory: GEM Premier 5000 PAK; Part No. 00055360011.
- Recall number
- Z-1527-2026
- Recalling firm
- Instrumentation Laboratory
- Product
- GEM Premier 5000 PAK; Part No. 00055360011.
- Status
- Open, Classified
- Initiated
- 2026-01-20
- Posted
- 2026-03-10
- Terminated
- not on file
- Reason
- Confirmed customer complaints indicating that GEM PAKs (cartridges) for the GEM Premier 5000 may experience an increased incidence of Process Control Solution Not Detected (PCSND) errors during warm-up, including consecutive occurrences, resulting in GEM PAK ejection and requiring insertion of a new GEM PAK. iQM2 is an active quality process control program designed to provide continuous monitoring of the entire testing process. Thus, if a GEM PAK completes AutoPAK Validation following warm-up, it may remain in use. Consecutive GEM PAK ejections during warm-up may prolong turnaround times, potentially delaying results. In such cases, patient management may require reassessment once results are available. While many GEM PAKs continue to perform as intended, consecutive ejections may increase the likelihood of operational disruption, highlighting the importance of advance planning where feasible to help minimize impact.
- Root cause
- Nonconforming Material/Component
- Action
- An URGENT MEDICAL DEVICE CORRECTION notice was sent to consignees on 1/20/26 was sent to consignees. The notice instructs consignees to continue to use affected devices with the provided warmup instructions. Consignees are to inform all laboratory staff of this notification and forward the notification if product was further distributed. A copy of the notification is to be maintained in consignee records. Consignees may contact Werfen Technical Support at 1-800-678-0710 for a replacement if a GEM PAK experiences a Process Control Solution Not Detected error.
- Quantity
- 10 units
- Distribution
- Worldwide distribution - US Nationwide and the countries of Argentina, Austria, Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Brazil, Belarus, Switzerland, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, United Kingdom, Georgia, Greece, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Croatia, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, India, Italy, Jordan, Japan, South Korea, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Macau, Mexico, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Oman, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Serbia, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Singapore, Slovenia, San Marino, South Africa, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Uruguay, Uzbekistan & Vietnam.
- Lot, serial or model codes
- Part number: 00055360011; UDI: 08426950807605; Lots No.: 251119A.
- 510(k) numbers
- ["K203790"]
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- CHL
- Firm FEI
- 1217183
- Firm city
- Bedford
- Firm state
- MA
- 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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FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA) (U.S. Food and Drug Administration (openFDA)), device-recall-0001-of-0001.json.zip, sha256 b87518bfe2e8, published 2026-09-28