FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
Baxter Corporation Englewood: ABACUS SE (Single-Workstation Edition) and ABACUS ME (Multi-Workstation Edition) Product Usage: The ABACUS Software is a Windows-based order entry software application for comprehensive total parenteral nutrition (TPN) calculations and label printing.
- Recall number
- Z-1628-2015
- Recalling firm
- Baxter Corporation Englewood
- Product
- ABACUS SE (Single-Workstation Edition) and ABACUS ME (Multi-Workstation Edition) Product Usage: The ABACUS Software is a Windows-based order entry software application for comprehensive total parenteral nutrition (TPN) calculations and label printing.
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2015-04-08
- Posted
- 2015-05-18
- Terminated
- 2016-12-01
- Reason
- Baxter Corporation is conducting a field action for the ABACUS SE and ME models due to the possibility that the compounder will load the incorrect formula upon scanning the bag label when two or more different formula files have been created with the same order number.
- Root cause
- Software design
- Action
- Baxter sent a Safety Alert letter dated April 8, 2015 to affected customers via USPS first class mail. The letter identified the affected product, problem and actions to be taken. Customers were asked to 1) contact Baxter Technical Services if you need to restore the ABACUS databse, 2) foword a copy of this Safety Alert letter to other facilities or departments within your institution to ensure that those locations are awae of this action, and 3) complete the customer reply form and return it to Baxter by faxing to 224-270-5457 or scanning and e-mailing it to fca@baxter.com. For questions contact the Center for One Baxter at 800-422-9837.
- Quantity
- 882
- Distribution
- Worldwide Distribution - US Nationwide
- Lot, serial or model codes
- Product Codes: 8300-0168 ,8300-0169 ,8300-0157 ,8300-0158 ,8300-0046 ,8300-0047 ,8300-0046 ,8300-0047 ,8300-0046 ,8300-0047 ,8300-0046 ,8300-0047,
- 510(k) numbers
- not on file
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- NEP
- Firm FEI
- 1419106
- Firm city
- Englewood
- Firm state
- CO
- 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
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- b87518bfe2e8
- Size
- 288210821 bytes
- Published
- 2026-09-28
- Read
- 2026-09-29T08:25:23.626Z
- Source file
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- Refresh due
- 2026-10-06
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