Database updated: 15 April 2024
Safety Information
Medsafe Online Recall Database
Detail of Recall
| Type of Product: | Device |
| Medsafe Reference: | 29278 |
| Brand Name: | San Agustin General-purpose syringe IIa |
| Model: | Product Code 300865 |
| Affected: | All Lot Numbers Within Expiry |
| Software version: | |
| Recalling Organisation: | Becton Dickinson Ltd 14B George Bourke Drive Mt Wellington Auckland 1060 |
| Contact Information: | 0800 572 468 |
| Manufacturer: | Becton Dickinson SA |
| Issue: | The manufacturer has received complaints reporting and observation of air in damaged syringes for BD Plastipak™ 50ml Syringe with Luer-Lok™ Tip. When a damaged barrel syringe is used with a syringe pump, there is a possibility that ingress of air into the syringe could potentially inject air into the vascular system. Also, a flow rate fluctuation may occur altering the flow of medications within the syringe. |
| Recall action type: | Correction |
| Recall action: | Instructions for use to be updated |
| Level of recall: | Hospital/Pharmacy/Laboratory |
| Date Commenced: | 19/4/2022 |
