Smiths Medical HOTLINE Fluid Warming Set L-70 recallZ-1443-2014 · Smiths Medical ASD, Inc. · initiated Mar 17, 2014

Class II Terminated All recalls posted in April 2014

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Why it was recalled

Injection port of the Set may leak blood/ IV fluids from the septum of the injection port or the septum may become dislodged.

FDA root cause category: Nonconforming Material/Component

What the company is doing

Smiths Medical issued Urgent Field Safety Notice Recall on 3/17/14 via mail service. Distributors will be instructed to notify their customers. The Field Safety Notice will also include an Urgent Recall Notice Confirmation Form (Confirmation Form) that consignees will be instructed to send back to Smiths Medical for carrying out the action and tracking effectiveness.Accounts are to inspect inventory and return recalled product. If you should have any questions regarding this information, please contact Shirley Duggan, Quality System Engineer at 1-781-763-9335 or by E-Mail [email protected].

Recall details

Recall number: Z-1443-2014
Recall class: Class II
Status: Terminated
Initiated by the company: Mar 17, 2014
Posted by the FDA: Apr 9, 2014
Recalling firm: Smiths Medical ASD, Inc.
Quantity: 393,210
Product code: LGZ
FDA submissions: K911383
Distribution: Worldwide Distribution - USA Nationwide in the states of: AU, CA, CL, CN, CZ, GT, ID, IN, IT, JP, LY, NZ, QA, SG, SK, TR, TW.

Product description

Smiths Medical HOTLINE Fluid Warming Set L-70. Product Usage: intended for the delivery of warmed blood and intravenous fluids at normothermic temperatures under gravity conditions

Code information (models, lots, serial numbers)

2509489 2509490 2509491 2509491 2509493 2513256 2513257 2513258 2513259 2513259 2523835 2528502 2528503 2528505 2531609 2531609 2536970 2536971 2536972 2540530 2540531 2540531 2540533 2540534 2540535 2540536 2540537 2540537 2549516 2553479 2553480 2553481 2558317 2558317 2558324 2563120 2563123 2567637 2567638 2567638 2567640 2572571 2573607 2576408 2577526 2577526 2585112 2585113 2586060 2588651 2588652 2588652 2590076 2597393 2597394 2600985 2602457 2602457 2602460 2607387 2607389 2607390 2610674 2610674 2614827 2615844 2615845 2615846 2620953 2620953 2620957 2621091 2621096

Other devices under the same FDA submission

10 devices cleared under K911383 — the recall does not name any of them by identifier. One submission often covers many models, so they may or may not be affected.

Level 1 HL-90
Icu Medical, Inc. · Warmer, thermal, infusion fluid
991 reports
Level 1 HL-390
Icu Medical, Inc. · Warmer, thermal, infusion fluid
634 reports
Level 1 L-70
Icu Medical, Inc. · Warmer, thermal, infusion fluid
1 recall385 reports
Level 1 L-70NI
Icu Medical, Inc. · Warmer, thermal, infusion fluid
114 reports
Level 1 L-10
Icu Medical, Inc. · Warmer, thermal, infusion fluid
41 reports
Level 1 L-370
Icu Medical, Inc. · Warmer, thermal, infusion fluid
24 reports
Level 1 HL-390-38
Icu Medical, Inc. · Warmer, thermal, infusion fluid
9 reports
Level 1 HL-90-38
Icu Medical, Inc. · Warmer, thermal, infusion fluid
5 reports
Level 1 HL-390-40
Icu Medical, Inc. · Warmer, thermal, infusion fluid
3 reports
Level 1 HL-90-40
Icu Medical, Inc. · Warmer, thermal, infusion fluid
2 reports

Other products in the same recall event

The FDA groups related products into one recall event (event 67714).

Z-1444-2014 · Terminated
Smiths Medical HOTLINE Fluid Warming Set L-80. Product Usage: intended for the delivery of warmed blood and intravenous fluids at normothermic temperatures under gravity condit…

Sources and updates

Recall record: FDA Medical Device Recalls, file dated Oct 16, 2026 · View the FDA recall notice ↗
Devices: FDA GUDID, file dated Oct 13, 2026. Devices are linked when their identifier (with a valid check digit) appears in the recall's code information.
Page last rebuilt: Oct 18, 2026. Text above is shown as published by the FDA.

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