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Becton Dickinson & Company: BD Vacutainer PST Gel and Lithium HeparinN (LH) Blood Collection Tubes, Catalog Number 367963

Recall number
Z-2304-2019
Recalling firm
Becton Dickinson & Company
Product
BD Vacutainer PST Gel and Lithium HeparinN (LH) Blood Collection Tubes, Catalog Number 367963
Status
Terminated
Initiated
2019-06-12
Posted
not on file
Terminated
2020-06-29
Reason
False elevation of carboxyhemoglobin (COHb) results have been reported when using venous blood gas samples collected with tubes analyzed with the IL GEM 4000 instrument.
Root cause
Device Design
Action
Urgent Medical Device Correction notification letters dated 6/12/19 were sent to customers.
Quantity
1,436,228,004 total
Distribution
Worldwide Distribution, including US Nationwide
Lot, serial or model codes
UDI: (01)30382903679639
510(k) numbers
["K945952"]
PMA numbers
not on file
Product code
JKA
Firm FEI
2243072
Firm city
Franklin Lakes
Firm state
NJ
Firm country
not on file

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Publisher
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File
device-recall-0001-of-0001.json.zip
sha256
b87518bfe2e8
Size
288210821 bytes
Published
2026-09-28
Read
2026-09-29T08:25:23.626Z
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2026-10-06

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