Events

Retiro De Equipo (Recall) de Accu-Chek Inform II test strips

Según New Zealand Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority, este evento ( retiro de equipo (recall) ) involucró a un dispositivo médico en New Zealand que fue producido por Roche Diagnostics GmbH.

¿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
    22946
  • Fecha de inicio del evento
    2018-05-08
  • País del evento
    New Zealand
  • Fuente del evento
    NZMMDSA
  • URL de la fuente del evento
    https://medsafe.govt.nz/hot/Recalls/RecallSearch.asp
  • Notas / Alertas
    Data from New Zealand is current through July 2018. All of the data comes from the New Zealand Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority, 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 New Zealand.
  • Notas adicionales en la data
    Recalling Organisation: Roche Diagnostics (NZ) Ltd, 15 Rakino Way, Mt Wellington, AUCKLAND 1644
  • Causa
    The manufacturer has identified a potential issue where specific lots for accu-chek inform ii test strips are not meeting product specifications. the issue has coincided with an observed higher than expected amount of strip errors before dose and an increased potential for biased results. investigation of returned, complaint test strips identified cracking of the reagent and underlying electrode as the cause of the failures.
  • Acción
    Product to be destroyed

Device

Accu-Chek Inform II test strips

Manufacturer

Roche Diagnostics GmbH