Crea A and B membranes
Medical device recall Z-1293-2015. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Mar 25, 2015.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Mar 25, 2015. Copied from openFDA on Oct 20, 2026.
- Class II FDA’s class
- Terminated its status, in FDA’s file
- 27 states named in where it went
- 10,824 boxes 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?
Negative drift on QC during in-use lifetime of CREA membranes can be observed.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
Crea A and B membranes, packaged 4 per box Used in conjunction with the ABL800 FLEX analyzers which are intended for: In Vitro Testing of samples of whole blood for the parameters pCO2, cK+,cNa+, cCa2+,cCl-,cGlu, cLac, cCrea, ctBil, and co-oximetry parameters,(ctHb, sO2, and the hemoglobin fractions FO2Hb, FCOHb, FMetHb, FHHb and FHbF), in vitro testing of samples of expired air for the parameters pO2 and pCO2, in vitro testing of pleura samples for the pH parameter.
10,824 boxes, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
Model Number 942-073; all lots which have not expired their product lifetime which would be lot 972-073R0465 and onward: Affected lot numbers 942-073R0465 942-073R0468 942-073R0469 942-073R0470 942-073R0471 942-073R0472 942-073R0474…
Every code shown here, 1,298 characters
Model Number 942-073; all lots which have not expired their product lifetime which would be lot 972-073R0465 and onward: Affected lot numbers 942-073R0465 942-073R0468 942-073R0469 942-073R0470 942-073R0471 942-073R0472 942-073R0474 942-073R0475 942-073R0476 942-073R0478 942-073R0479 942-073R0480 942-073R0481 942-073R0482 942-073R0487 942-073R0488 942-073R0489 942-073R0490 942-073R0491 942-073R0492 942-073R0493 942-073R0494 942-073R0495 942-073R0496 942-073R0497 942-073R0498 942-073R0499 942-073R0500 942-073R0501 942-073R0502 942-073R0503 942-073R0504 942-073R0507 942-073R0509 942-073R0510 942-073R0511 942-073R0512 942-073R0513 942-073R0515 942-073R0518 942-073R0520 942-073R0521 942-073R0522 942-073R0523 942-073R0524 942-073R0525 942-073R0526 942-073R0527 942-073R0528 942-073R0529 942-073R0530 942-073R0532 942-073R0533 942-073R0534 942-073R0535 942-073R0536 942-073R0537 942-073R0538 942-073R0539 942-073R0540 942-073R0541 942-073R0542 942-073R0544 942-073R0545 942-073R0546 942-073R0548 942-073R0549 942-073R0550 942-073R0551 942-073R0553 942-073R0555 942-073R0556 942-073R0557 942-073R0558 942-073R0560 942-073R0561 942-073R0562 942-073R0564 942-073R0565 942-073R0566 942-073R0567 942-073R0569 And onwards: The firm is still determining the scope of how many lot numbers are affected.
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 including NM, NC, TN, OH, NE, CA, MO, GA, MA, TX, WV, PA, NY, VA, MN, IN, ME, MD, IL, MI, KS, WI, FL, WA, CT, OK, CO, and Internationally to Canada, Denmark, Spain, Italy, India, Sweden, Germany, Australia, Hungary, Great Britain, Norway, Uruguay, France, Poland, Switerland, Russian Federation, Netherlands, Czech Republic, Mexico, Brazil, Czechoslovakia, Austria, Singapore, Syria, Phillipines, Egypt, Bolivia, Japan, New Zealand, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Qatar, and Finland.
The states and territories these words name
27 states and territories.
Every one of them
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Florida
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Kansas
- Massachusetts
- Maryland
- Maine
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- North Carolina
- Nebraska
- New Mexico
- New York
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Pennsylvania
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Virginia
- Washington
- Wisconsin
- West Virginia
The words say it went outside the United States too.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
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 Oct 29, 2014.
- FDA classified it on Mar 18, 2015.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Mar 25, 2015.
- FDA terminated it on Jul 2, 2015.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- Radiometer America Inc, of Westlake, OH.
- 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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