Alerta De Seguridad para Trade name: iChem VELOCITY Technical name: Urine Analyzer Instrument ANVISA Registration Number: 10033129046 Hazard Class: I Affected Model: Serial Numbers Affected: All instrument serial numbers in Brazil are affected by this notification.

Según Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária (ANVISA), este evento ( alerta de seguridad ) involucró a un dispositivo médico en Brazil que fue producido por Beckman Coulter do Brasil Comércio e Importação de Produtos para Laboratório Ltda; IRIS Diagnostics a Division of Iris Internacional Inc..

¿Qué es esto?

Las alertas proporcionan información importante y recomendaciones sobre los productos. Aunque se haya emitido una alerta, esto no significa necesariamente que el producto se considera peligroso. Las alertas de seguridad, dirigidas a trabajadores de la salud y a usuarios, pueden incluir retiro de equipos. Pueden ser escritas por los fabricantes, pero también por funcionarios del área de salud.

Más información acerca de la data acá
  • Tipo de evento
    Safety alert
  • ID del evento
    2218
  • Fecha
    2017-02-24
  • País del evento
  • Fuente del evento
    ANVISA
  • URL de la fuente del evento
  • Notas / Alertas
    Brazilian data is current through June 2018. All of the data comes from Anvisa, 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 data from the U.S. and Brazil.
  • Notas adicionales en la data
    • Avoid hitting the probe during maintenance or troubleshooting. • Carefully follow the instructions in the Operator's Manual, PN 301-7146 or 300-4449, to: - Use the Probe Safety Latch. - Use approved pipe types. - Remove tube caps prior to sample analysis to avoid probe-tube collisions. • As a temporary measure, perform a patient cross-check or perform QA after performing maintenance or troubleshooting in the sample probe area. If you have any questions about the results, please contact our Customer Service Center. • Consult the Laboratory Director to determine if a retrospective review of the results is medically justified.
  • Causa
    On 31.01.2017, beckman coulter of brazil received beckman coulter inc. from its parent company, an email with an urgent medical device recall notification, stating that iris international has determined that misalignment of the sample probe or probe damaged in ichemvelocity can lead to a remote possibility of falsely negative results due to improper dosing of the strip. the investigation was initiated on the basis of customer complaints for control failures.
  • Acción
    Field Action Code FA-17006 triggered under the responsibility of Beckman Coulter of Brazil Trade and Import of Products for Laboratório Ltda. Company will make correction in the field.