Optiflux F160NRe High Flux Dialyzers
Medical device recall Z-1098-2014. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Mar 5, 2014.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Mar 5, 2014. Copied from openFDA on Oct 20, 2026.
- Class II FDA’s class
- Terminated its status, in FDA’s file
- Nationwide FDA’s word for where it went
- 3,460,672 units how much, in FDA’s words
Every line below is in FDA’s own words, with its source beside it. FDA’s terms are explained in FDA’s own words.
How serious is it, by FDA’s class?
Class II, the middle of FDA’s three classes.
“Products that might cause a temporary health problem, or pose only a slight threat of a serious nature. Example: a drug that is under-strength but that is not used to treat life-threatening situations.”
openFDA, in plain words, its enforcement report fields.
“Class II is a situation in which use of, or exposure to, a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote.”
FDA’s rule, 21 CFR 7.3(m)(2), eCFR.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
What’s wrong with it?
Dialysate Port Leak During Priming of the Dialyzers
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
Optiflux F160NRe High Flux Dialyzers; Product Number: 0500316E. Single Use acute or chronic hemanalysis treatment.
3,460,672 units, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
Lot Numbers: 13LU01001 13KU05018 13LU05001 13KU06026 13LU06001 13LU06002 13LU05002 13LU06003 13LU01007 13LU01008 13LU01009 13LU05003 13LU05004 13LU05005 13LU05006 13LU05007 13LU05008 13LU06004 13LU06005 13LU06006 13LU06008 13LU06009…
Every code shown here, 1,262 characters
Lot Numbers: 13LU01001 13KU05018 13LU05001 13KU06026 13LU06001 13LU06002 13LU05002 13LU06003 13LU01007 13LU01008 13LU01009 13LU05003 13LU05004 13LU05005 13LU05006 13LU05007 13LU05008 13LU06004 13LU06005 13LU06006 13LU06008 13LU06009 13LU06010 13LU06011 13LU06012 13LU06013 13LU06014 13LU06015 13LU06016 13LU01010 13LU01011 13LU06017 13LU06018 13LU01012 13LU01013 13LU05014 13LU06019 13LU06020 13LU06021 13LU01015 13LU05015 13LU06022 13NU05002 13NU06002 13NU01004 13NU05003 13NU06003 13NU06004 13NU06007 13NU01005 13NU01006 13NU01007 13NU01008 13NU06008 13NU06009 13NU06010 13NU06011 13NU06012 13NU06013 13NU06014 13NU01009 13NU01010 13NU06015 13NU06016 13NU06017 13NU06018 13NU06020 13NU06021 13NU06022 13NU06023 13NU06024 13NU06025 13NU06026 13NU06027 13NU01015 13NU01016 13NU01017 13NU01018 13PU01001 13PU01002 13PU01003 13NU06029 13PU06001 13PU06002 13PU06018 13PU01013 13PU01014 13PU01015 13PU01017 13PU06019 13PU06020 13PU06021 13PU06022 13PU06023 13PU06024 13PU06025 13PU06026 13PU06027 13PU06028 13SU06004 13SU06005 13LU06023 13LU06024 13LU06025 13LU06027 13LU06028 13NU06001 13LU05016 13LU01016 13LU01017 13NU01001 13LU05017 13NU01002 13PU06003 13PU01004 13PU01007 13PU06006 13PU06007 13PU01008 13PU01010 13PU01011 13PU01012 13PU06015 13PU06016 13PU06017
Copied exactly as FDA lists them: lot and serial numbers, dates and other codes on the product or its label.
Where did it go?
FDA’s words for the “general area of initial distribution”: where the firm first shipped it.
Worldwide distribution: USA (nationwide) and the country of: Mexico.
These words name no state.
What FDA means by nationwide
“The term “nationwide” is defined to mean the fifty states or a significant portion. Note that subsequent distribution by the consignees to other parties may not be included.”
openFDA, its enforcement report fields.
The words say it went outside the United States too.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
Is it still going on?
Terminated, in FDA’s file.
“FDA has determined that all reasonable efforts have been made to remove or correct the violative product in accordance with the recall strategy, and proper disposition has been made according to the degree of hazard.”
openFDA, on “Terminated”, its enforcement report fields.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
- The firm began the recall on Feb 4, 2014.
- FDA classified it on Feb 26, 2014.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Mar 5, 2014.
- FDA terminated it on May 18, 2021.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc., of Waltham, MA.
- Who began it, in FDA’s words: Voluntary: Firm initiated.
- How the firm first told its customers: Letter.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
What this record can’t tell you
- Whether your own one is affected: compare the codes, dates and numbers above with yours. When unsure, ask the firm or the store.
- Where it went after the firm’s first shipments. FDA’s words cover the firm’s initial distribution, and, in FDA’s words, “subsequent distribution by the consignees to other parties may not be included.”
- How many have been returned, corrected or destroyed: FDA’s report doesn’t say.
- Whether anyone was hurt or fell ill: the report doesn’t say.
- How current it is: openFDA publishes FDA’s Enforcement Report weekly, after FDA does, and a firm can announce a recall weeks before it appears there. openFDA’s own caution: “This data should not be used as a method to collect data to issue alerts to the public, nor should it be used to track the lifecycle of a recall.”
- A product with no recall here isn’t safe by that: FDA’s report lists the recalls FDA classified, and when.
Hearth Record wrote these lines; the quotations are FDA’s.
Sources
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U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Device recall enforcement reports.
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