Events

Retiro De Equipo (Recall) de Non Buffered Formalin. An in vitro diagnostic medical device (IVD)

Según Department of Health, Therapeutic Goods Administration, este evento ( retiro de equipo (recall) ) involucró a un dispositivo médico en Australia que fue producido por Thermo Fisher Scientific Australia Pty Ltd.

¿Qué es esto?

Una corrección al equipo o acción de retiro tomada por el fabricante para abordar un problema con un dispositivo médico. Los retiros (recalls) ocurren cuando un dispositivo médico está defectuoso, cuando puede poner en riesgo la salud, o cuando simultáneamente está defectuoso y puede poner en riesgo la salud.

Más información acerca de la data acá
  • Tipo de evento
    Recall
  • ID del evento
    RC-2015-RN-01139-1
  • Clase de Riesgo del Evento
    Class III
  • Fecha de inicio del evento
    2015-11-19
  • País del evento
    Australia
  • Fuente del evento
    DHTGA
  • URL de la fuente del evento
    https://apps.tga.gov.au/Prod/sara/arn-detail.aspx?k=RC-2015-RN-01139-1
  • Notas / Alertas
    Australian data is current through July 2018. All of the data comes from the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration, except for the categories Manufacturer Parent Company and Product Classification.
    The Parent Company and the Product Classification were added by ICIJ.
    The parent company information is based on 2017 public records. The device classification information comes from FDA’s Product Classification by Review Panel, based on matches of recall data from the U.S. and Australia.
  • Notas adicionales en la data
  • Causa
    Investigations have confirmed that certain lots of non buffered formalin have had incorrect labelling placed on the bottles. the bottles have been labelled as 10% neutral buffered formalin, rather than non buffered formalin. this issue is unlikely to cause adverse health consequences.
  • Acción
    Thermo Fisher is advising the users to inspect stock and quarantine the affected units prior to their return to the sponsor. This action has been closed-out on 18/08/2016.

Device

Non Buffered Formalin. An in vitro diagnostic medical device (IVD)

Manufacturer

Thermo Fisher Scientific Australia Pty Ltd