Brand Name: GEM Premier 5000 Product Name: GEM Premier 5000
Medical device recall Z-2824-2026. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Aug 5, 2026.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Aug 5, 2026. Copied from openFDA on Oct 20, 2026.
- Class II FDA’s class
- Ongoing its status, in FDA’s file
- Nationwide FDA’s word for where it went
- 67 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?
Potential for Bar Code Reader (BCR) wands, used with the GEM Premier 5000 and GEM Premier 7000 systems, to assign patient results to an incorrect patient ID.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
Brand Name: GEM Premier 5000 Product Name: GEM Premier 5000 Model/Catalog Number: 00024019255 portable blood analyzer system
67, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
GEM Premier 5000: Part number: 00024019255 UDI: 08426950870227 Units distributed in United Kingdom: GEM Premier 5000 Serial Nos.: 25110547, 25100462, 25110522, 25100472, 25101897, 25101920, 25101931, 25122029, 26012032, 25122030, 26012033,…
Every code shown here, 957 characters
GEM Premier 5000: Part number: 00024019255 UDI: 08426950870227 Units distributed in United Kingdom: GEM Premier 5000 Serial Nos.: 25110547, 25100462, 25110522, 25100472, 25101897, 25101920, 25101931, 25122029, 26012032, 25122030, 26012033, 26012043, 25110523, 25110536, 25120550, 25069638, 23101109, 24011137, 25081799, 25081797, 25091839, 25091840, 25091864, 25091870, 25091868, 25091873, 25091880, 25091876, 25101886, 25101889, 25101887, 25101891, 25101907, 25101904, 25101912, 25101905, 25101917, 25101921, 25101926, 25101929, 25101934, 25101927, 25111968, 25121986, 25121985, 25121981, 25121984, 25121994, 25121995, 25121982, 25121993, 25121991, 25121999, 25121996, 16030255, 17060782, 17060784, 17060785, 17060789, 17060790, 17060797, 17111126, 17121258, 18011414, 20054515, 20054516 and 22082271. Affected Accessory: Bar Code Reader (BCR) Wand that received a configuration update on or after 8 April 2026. Part No. 00024015859; UDI No. 08426950869634
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.
US Nationwide distribution.
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.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
Is it still going on?
Ongoing, in FDA’s file.
“A recall which is currently in progress.”
openFDA, on “On-Going”, 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 May 8, 2026.
- FDA classified it on Jul 29, 2026.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Aug 5, 2026.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- Instrumentation Laboratory, of Bedford, 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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