Instrumentation Laboratory Co.: GEM PREMIER 4000 CARTRIDGE K+ REPORTING: GEM 4000 BG/Hct/Lytes/G/L/CO-Ox/tBili : 75 test iQM Part Number:00027407511 150 test iQM Part Number: 00027415011 300 test iQM Part Number: 00027430011 450 test iQM Part Number: 00027445011 600 test iQM part Number: 00027360011 The GEM Premier 4000 is a portable critical care system for use by health care professionals to rapidly analyze whole blood samples at the point of health care delivery in a clinical setting and in a central laboratory. The instrument provides quantitative measurements of pH, pC02, p02, sodium, potassium, chloride, ionized calcium, glucose, lactate, hematocrit, total bilirubin and CO-Oximetry (tHb, 02Hb, COHb, MetHb, HHb) parameters.

Recall number

Z-2806-2011

Recalling firm

Instrumentation Laboratory Co.

Product

GEM PREMIER 4000 CARTRIDGE K+ REPORTING: GEM 4000 BG/Hct/Lytes/G/L/CO-Ox/tBili : 75 test iQM Part Number:00027407511 150 test iQM Part Number: 00027415011 300 test iQM Part Number: 00027430011 450 test iQM Part Number: 00027445011 600 test iQM part Number: 00027360011 The GEM Premier 4000 is a portable critical care system for use by health care professionals to rapidly analyze whole blood samples at the point of health care delivery in a clinical setting and in a central laboratory. The instrument provides quantitative measurements of pH, pC02, p02, sodium, potassium, chloride, ionized calcium, glucose, lactate, hematocrit, total bilirubin and CO-Oximetry (tHb, 02Hb, COHb, MetHb, HHb) parameters.

Status

Terminated

Initiated

2011-05-31

Posted

2011-07-21

Terminated

2012-11-27

Reason

K+ results on the GEM Premier 4000 are too low when compared to a reference analyzer, with biases exceeding allowable error claim of a 0.5 moUL

Root cause

Nonconforming Material/Component

Action

The firm, Instrumentation Labs, issued a Revised "Urgent Field Safety Notification" letter dated July 14, 2011, to GEM Premier 4000 customers. The letter describes the product, problem, updated issue description and actions to be taken. The customers were instructed to follow the instructions to Disable K+ Parameter ,provided in the letter, to eliminate the potential of erroneous K+ result reporting and to complete and return the MANDATORY RESPONSE TRACKING FORM immediately via fax at 781-861-4207 or email to ra-usa@ilwww.com. The letter also noted an Important Change to Customer Actions from June Urgent Field Safety Notification. Prior strategy : Instrumentation Laboratories (IL) notified U.S and Canadian customers via the Urgent Field Safety Notification mailed USPS between June 2 - 3,2011. International Affiliates / Dealers notified through e-mail on June 1, 2010. A response (tracking) form was included. A Worldwide Regulatory Notice was e-mailed on May 31.2011.to IL country affiliates and distributors, notifying them of the issue, providing a risk summary and the support documentation for the notification. The customer notification will be handled per their local regulatory requirements. If you have questions regarding this notification, please contact IL at 800-678-0710, press 2 at prompt.

Quantity

1442

Distribution

Worldwide distribution: USA (nationwide) and countries of: CANADA, ARGENTINA, AUSTRALIA ,AUSTRIA, BELGIUM, BRAZIL, CHILE, CHINA, CROATIA (local name: Hrvatska), CZECH REPUBLIC, DENMARK, FINLAND, FRANCE, GERMANY, GREECE, GUATEMALA, INDIA, IRELAND, ISRAEL, ITALY, JAPAN, MALAYSIA, MEXICO, NETHERLANDS, NORWAY, PANAMA, POLAND, PORTUGAL, PUERTO RICO, SAUDI ARABIA, SLOVENIA, SPAIN, SWEDEN, SWITZERLAND, TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA TURKEY, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, UNITED KINGDOM, URUGUAY, and VIET NAM.

Lot, serial or model codes

All in date cartridges

510(k) numbers

["K061974","K093623"]

PMA numbers

not on file

Product code

CEM

Firm FEI

1217183

Firm city

Bedford

Firm state

MA

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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