Dexcom G4 PLATINUM (Professional) Receiver Receiver
Medical device recall Z-1336-2016. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Apr 20, 2016.
- FDA Class I
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Apr 20, 2016. Copied from openFDA on Oct 20, 2026.
- Class I FDA’s most serious class (needs attention)
- Terminated its status, in FDA’s file
- Nationwide FDA’s word for where it went
- 5,722 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 I, the most serious of FDA’s three classes.
“Dangerous or defective products that predictably could cause serious health problems or death. Examples include: food found to contain botulinum toxin, food with undeclared allergens, a label mix-up on a lifesaving drug, or a defective artificial heart valve.”
openFDA, in plain words, its enforcement report fields.
“Class I is a situation in which there is a reasonable probability that the use of, or exposure to, a violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death.”
FDA’s rule, 21 CFR 7.3(m)(1), eCFR.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
What’s wrong with it?
Customers may not receive an intended audible alarm or alert if relying on hearing the alarm or alert.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
Dexcom G4 PLATINUM (Professional) Receiver Receiver Part Number: MT20649 Receiver (mg/dL), Black. Intended to detect trends and track glucose patterns in persons with diabetes. The G4 PLATINUM CGM System and G4 PLATINUM (Professional) CGM System use the same receiver, MT20649. The kits differ due to other kit contents, such as indications for use and professional receiver shield.
5,722, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
Receiver Kit Number: STK-PU-001 Lot Number: 5176532 5176533 5176534 5176535 5176536 5188586 5189596 5190560 5191152 5191737 5191738 5192934 5193038 5194193 5194322 5195147 5195148 5195352 5195803 5195913 5196152 5197013 5197677 5198614…
Every code shown here, 451 characters
Receiver Kit Number: STK-PU-001 Lot Number: 5176532 5176533 5176534 5176535 5176536 5188586 5189596 5190560 5191152 5191737 5191738 5192934 5193038 5194193 5194322 5195147 5195148 5195352 5195803 5195913 5196152 5197013 5197677 5198614 5200903 5200904 5200916 5201455 5201669 5202100 5202149 5202429 5202646 5202790 5202795 5202803 5202804 5202906 5203313 5203474 5203485 5203536 5204330 5204333 5205041 5206612 5206643 5208018 5208332 5208810 5210472
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-US (nationwide), Canada, Italy, Netherlands, Belgium, Norway, New Zealand, Poland, Sweden, Denmark, Slovenia, Turkey, South Africa, India, Israel, Hungary, Hong Kong, UK, Ireland, France, Finland, Spain, Portugal, Colombia, Chile, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Australia, Czech Republic, Bahrain, Lebanon, and Qatar.
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 23, 2016.
- FDA classified it on Apr 11, 2016.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Apr 20, 2016.
- FDA terminated it on Aug 11, 2017.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- Dexcom Inc, of San Diego, CA.
- 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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