Use cautionMedical device recall · FDA · Published May 9, 2025
Baxter Healthcare: 2.5V PocketScope Batteries Risk Burns from Short Circuit
Baxter Healthcare recalls 2.5V rechargeable batteries for Welch Allyn PocketScope handles that may cause short circuits and burns. Product code 72600, lot 25-043, expires August 2027.
The replacement rechargeable batteries inserted into the Welch Allyn PocketScope handles have the potential to cause a short circuit in the handle, which can lead to exposure to excessive heat and user burns.
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📍Recalling firmBaxter Healthcare Corporation1 Baxter Pkwy · Deerfield, IL 60015-4625
“Baxter Healthcare: 2.5V PocketScope Batteries Risk Burns from Short Circuit.” GovInfoNow, updated August 18, 2026. https://govinfonow.com/recall/52315-baxter-healthcare-2-5v-pocketscope-batteries-risk-burns-from-short. Based on FDA recall #Z-1962-2025 (https://api.fda.gov/device/enforcement.json?search=recall_number:%22Z-1962-2025%22&limit=1).
Baxter Healthcare Corporation voluntarily recalled 277 units of 2.5 V replacement rechargeable batteries for Hillrom WELCH ALLYN PocketScope handles due to a short circuit hazard that can cause excessive heat and user burns, the FDA announced on May 9, 2025.
How to tell if you have it
Brand: Baxter Healthcare
Product: 2.5 V replacement rechargeable batteries for Hillrom WELCH ALLYN PocketScope handles
Product Code: 72600
UDI/DI: 00732094139488
Lot Number: 25-043
Expiration: August 2027
The hazard
The replacement rechargeable batteries inserted into the Welch Allyn PocketScope handles have the potential to cause a short circuit in the handle, which can lead to exposure to excessive heat and user burns.
Context
GovInfoNow's records show Baxter Healthcare Corporation has 187 other recalls on record since September 2, 2015. Other recent recalls of similar products include Medline Semi Electric Lightweight Bed Recall (November 26, 2025), Medline beds recall (November 26, 2025), and Medline Full Electric Low Bed Recall (November 26, 2025).
How to tell if you have this one
Check for Product Code 72600 on the battery packaging. The lot number is 25-043 and the expiration date is August 2027.
Brand
Baxter Healthcare
Category
Medical device
Based on the official FDA remedy
What to do — step by step
Check Battery Packaging
Look for Product Code 72600, Lot Number 25-043, and Expiration Date August 2027 on the battery packaging.
Where it went and when
Where it was distributed
Distributed nationwide.
Nationwide
Not listed
FDA distribution: “US Nationwide distribution.” States read from FDA’s own wording; “not listed” means the notice does not name it.
Distributed nationwide.
Recall timeline
FDA published this recall 40 days after the firm started it.
1Firm started the recall
2FDA classified it Class II
3Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report
Dates from the agency record only; steps without a date are left out.
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Official source: FDA Recall #Z-1962-2025 (May 9, 2025) — FDA publishes no per-recall page; this is the official machine-readable enforcement record. Search FDA recalls for Z-1962-2025 to see it in context.
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