CareFusion Pump Recall by FDA for Problem that Could Cause Serious Injury or Death

The Food and Drug Administration assigned the most serious classification of a recall to the CareFusion pump recall. The CareFusion pump recall consists of 17,000 units of the pump which is used mainly by hospitals to deliver medications and other fluids intravenously to patients. 

The CareFusion pump, Alaris PC Model 8015, is being recalled because of communication and freezing errors which could cause the machine to shut down and to stop delivering medication or fluids to the patient. The company plans on fixing all 17,000 of the machines and has given hospitals instructions on how to mark and correctly use the pumps in the interm. 

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