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Device product

Digital Temple Thermometer labeled under: Bestmed, Good Neighbor (Amerisource Bergen), Kroger, Medline, Meijer, Premier Value, Safeway, Life Brand, Target, Top Care, Best Choice, Western Family. Device is packaged in plastic blister with cardboard insert, 2 AAA batteries installed, a Quick Start Guide, and an Instruction Manual booklet. Product Usage: Device is a handheld thermometer that employs a thermistor sensor intended for people to take a human body temperature at the temporal artery location, the area between the outer corner of the eye and the hairline directly over the temporal artery.

Z-0412-2016

November 12, 2015

Class II

Product summary

Firm
Bestmed, LLC
Event
Event 72686
Status
Terminated
Classification
Class II
Quantity
305,548
Official record key
device-enforcement:Z-0412-2016

Official wording

Reason: An incorrect calibration of the thermometer that causes the device to display inaccurate and frequently lower temperatures than the actual body temperature of the user.

Code information: Model KD-2201. all lots produced during the 36th week of year 2012 (09/03-07/2012) through and including the 37th week of year 2015 (09/07-13/2015). Lot No. S/N: 3612 through S/N: 3715"

Distribution pattern: US Nationwide Distribution and the country of Canada.

Derived failure modes

  • Unknown

    reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0

    An incorrect calibration of the thermometer that causes the device to display inaccurate and frequently lower temperatures than the actual body temperature of the user.

Field note

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