Electrode, Ion Specific, Calcium

9180 Electrolyte Analyzer - Product Usage: intended to be used for the measurement of sodium, potassium, chloride, ionized calcium and lithium in the whole bloo

May display Calcium results on the screen with wrong arrow direction which may lead to misinterpretation of results and incorrect medical decision. If the unit for iCa++ is set to mg/dL (configured as Service Code MGL) and a measured iCa++ value is lower than the normal range, an upward arrow is shown on the display instead of a downward arrow. The display is set per default to mmol/L; therefore, the arrow indicating an alarm reflects normal ranges of iCa++ in mmol/L. If mg/dL is chosen, the arrow warnings on screen still reflect the ranges from mmol/L, rather than mg/dL. The numeric result is displayed correctly.

Ca++ Membrane Units, Model #942-046, and Model #942-060 used on ABL505/555, EML105, ABL600, ABL700 Series, and ABL800 Analyzers. The membranes are packaged in

Based on internal testing and user/customer complaint reports received, the firm determined that wrinkles may arise on the outer membrane of the calcium membrane units upon installation. Retention of fluids between the wrinkles can cause a positive bias resulting in calcium measuring errors. This situation poses a risk to the safety of patients, particularly when the measurement results are used

ABL7XX Calibration 1 Solution S1720. P/N S1720, 944-024

The firm found that for this particular lot that the barcode, used for entering the characteristics of CAL1 Solution into the analyzer, does not reflect the actual values of the solution. As a consequence, the calibration curves for these parameters and thereby the measured results for patient samples and quality controls will be biased.

Blood Gas and Co-Ox2 Electrolyte & Metabolyte Analyzers, ABL-700 Series, manufactured from 8/1998 through 11/2004.

Under certain circumstances, the ABL 700 & 800 Series Blood Gas Analyzers may experience leakage current into the measuring system. Consequently, the analyzers intermittently provide incorrect (too low) result values for Calcium (Ca) and Sodium (Na).

Blood Gas and Co-Ox Electrolyte & Metabolyte Analyzers, ABL-800 series, manufactured from 8/2004 through 9/2005.

Under certain circumstances, the ABL 700 &800 Series Blood Gas Analyzers may experience leakage current into the measuring system. Consequently, the analyzers intermittently provide incorrect (too low) result values for Calcium (Ca) and Sodium (Na).