Abbott Point Of Care Inc.: i-STAT G3+ cartridge; List Number: 03P78-26;

Recall number

Z-2001-2026

Recalling firm

Abbott Point Of Care Inc.

Product

i-STAT G3+ cartridge; List Number: 03P78-26;

Status

Open, Classified

Initiated

2026-04-01

Posted

2026-04-29

Terminated

not on file

Reason

Approximately 7.6% of cartridges from specific i-STAT EG7+ (list number 03P76-25), i-STAT EG6+ (list number 03P77-25) and i-STAT G3+ (list number 03P78-26) cartridge lots in the U.S. marketplace may report higher than expected PCO2 and lower than expected pH results due to a manufacturing issue. A falsely high pCO2 together with a falsely low pH makes the blood gas appear as if the patient is in severe respiratory acidosis. If the clinician believes the values are real, it may trigger unnecessary or even harmful interventions such as unnecessary ventilator changes, unnecessary medications, potential harm from overcorrection, or delays in identifying true problems.

Root cause

Process change control

Action

On April 1, 2026, URGENT MEDICAL DEVICE CORRECTION letters were sent to customers. This Urgent Medical Device Corrective is to customers in the U.S. with the following recommended actions: " Discontinue use of the affected i-STAT EG7+, EG6+, and G3+ cartridge lots for reporting PCO and pH results. " Use an alternate cartridge type, alternate lot, or testing method. " Complete and return the Business Reply Card included with this notification to confirm receipt and understanding. If you have forwarded any of the specified i-STAT EG7+, EG6+ or G3+ cartridges to another facility, we request that you please provide a copy of this letter to them.

Quantity

40275 units (US only)

Distribution

Worldwide distribution - US Nationwide and the countries of Canada, AUSTRIA, BANGLADESH, BELGIUM, FINLAND, FRANCE, GERMANY, IRELAND, ITALY, LUXEMBOURG, MAURITIUS, NETHERLANDS, NORWAY, POLAND, PORTUGAL, SPAIN, SWEDEN, SWITZERLAND, UNITED KINGDOM.

Lot, serial or model codes

List Number: 03P78-26; UDI-DI: 00054749005673; Lot number: N25221;

510(k) numbers

["K223857"]

PMA numbers

not on file

Product code

CHL

Firm FEI

2245578

Firm city

Princeton

Firm state

NJ

Firm country

not on file

Cite as

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

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