Baxter Removes Sigma Spectrum Infusion System Platforms
The removal is tied to incorrect software installations that could result in inaccurate flow rates and user confusion during clinical use.
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Baxter Issues Correction for Life2000 Ventilator Due to Battery Charger Malfunction
Baxter is replacing faulty battery chargers in the Life2000 Ventilator system after identifying a defect that triggers alarms and renders the device inoperable.
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Baxter Issues Medical Device Correction for LIFE2000 Ventilator
Baxter has issued a medical device correction for the Life2000 Ventilation System, citing the potential for patient oxygen desaturation events due to improper use with third-party oxygen concentrators, which may cause patient harm or even death.
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Baxter Removes Sigma Spectrum Infusion System Platforms
The removal is tied to incorrect software installations that could result in inaccurate flow rates and user confusion during clinical use.
FDA Upgrades Baxter Infusion Pump Safety Issue to Class I Recall
Baxter International has issued a Class I recall—the most serious type of recall—for its its Spectrum V8 and Spectrum IQ infusion pumps.
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Baxter Warns of Missed Alarms with Some of Its Infusion Pumps
Baxter issued an urgent safety communication regarding the upstream occlusion alarms for its Spectrum V8 and Spectrum IQ infusion pumps.
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Baxter Joins U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Led Program
Baxter has joined government sponsored Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures program as a CVE Numbering Authority.
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Baxter Officially Acquires Hillrom
Baxter announced in a release that it acquired Hillrom, which offers a portfolio of diagnostic, critical care, kidney care, hospital, and more.
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Baxter to Buy Hill-Rom for $10.5 Billion After Prior Refusal
Baxter International Inc. is set to purchase Hill-Rom Holdings Inc. for $10.5 billion in cash. This came just a month after reports surfaced the initial offer had been rejected.
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Baxter’s Preprogrammed Infusion Pump Software Recall Lands FDA Class 1 Label
Baxter has initiated a safety recall for its Spectrum Dose IQ Safety Software due to a potentially life-threatening defect in which incorrect drug-dosing information could be transmitted to the company’s Spectrum IQ Infusion System. The potential for patient harm is so serious, in fact, that the U.S. FDA has categorized it as a Class 1 recall.
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Baxter in Early Talks to Buy Medical-Equipment Maker Hill-Rom
According to sources close to the matter, Deerfield, Ill.-based medical technology company Baxter is in talks to purchase Chicago-based Hill-Rom, which manufactures hospital beds and patient monitoring equipment.
