PrisMax Control Unit (2021-01-13)

Starting date:

January 13, 2021

Posting date:

January 22, 2021

Type of communication:

Medical Device Recall

Subcategory:

Medical Device

Hazard classification:

Type II

Source of recall:

Health Canada

Issue:

Medical Devices

Audience:

General Public, Healthcare Professionals, Hospitals

Identification number:

RA-74833

Last updated: 2021-01-22

• Reason
• Affected products

Affected Products 

PrisMax Control Unit

Reason

Baxter Corporation is issuing an urgent medical device safety alert to the user level for the Prismax Control Unit. Baxter has received reports of users who have confused the acronyms for Pre-Blood Pump (PBP) and Patient Fluid Removal (PFR) when entering the prescriptions on the Prismax Graphical User Interface (GUI).

Affected products