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GEM Premier 5000 with IQM2 Model/Catalog Number: 00024019255 and GEM Premier 7000 with iQM3 Model/Catalog Number: 00000015279 Portable blood analyzer system. Affected Accessory: Bar Code Reader (BCR) Wand Part No. 00024015859
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GEM Premier 5000 Part number: 00024019255, UDI: 08426950870227 GEM Premier 7000 Part number: 00000015279, UDI: 0195226000924 Affected Accessory: Bar Code Reader (BCR) Wand that received a configuration update on or after 8 April 2026. Part No. 00024015859; UDI No. 08426950869634
- Why
- 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.
- Distributed
- US Nationwide distribution.
- Company
- Instrumentation Laboratory
- Announced
- This is the date the recall was announced. A company may have started it weeks earlier.
- Recall began
Source: FDA record Z-2821-2026 · retrieved 29 July 2026
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