Retiro De Equipo (Recall) de Device Recall Oxoid Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing Disc, MEM10, REF: CT0774B, 10 mcg meropenem

Según U.S. Food and Drug Administration, este evento ( retiro de equipo (recall) ) involucró a un dispositivo médico en United States que fue producido por Remel Inc.

¿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
    67099
  • Clase de Riesgo del Evento
    Class 2
  • Número del evento
    Z-0734-2014
  • Fecha de inicio del evento
    2013-11-21
  • Fecha de publicación del evento
    2014-01-14
  • Estado del evento
    Terminated
  • País del evento
  • Fecha de finalización del evento
    2014-12-11
  • Fuente del evento
    USFDA
  • URL de la fuente del evento
  • Notas / Alertas
    U.S. data is current through June 2018. All of the data comes from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, except for the category Manufacturer Parent Company.
    The Parent Company was added by ICIJ.
    The parent company information is based on 2017 public records.
  • Notas adicionales en la data
    Susceptibility test discs, antimicrobial - Product Code JTN
  • Causa
    Individual discs in the lot may not be sufficiently impregnated with antibiotic, resulting in smaller than expected zone sizes.
  • Acción
    Oxoid and Remel part of Thermo Fisher Scientific sent an Urgent Medical Device Recall letter dated November 20, 2013, to all affected customers. The letter identified the product the problem and the action needed to be taken by the customers. The letter asked customers to destroy the affected product, if any was found on hand. The letter also asked if the customer further distributed the product that they inform their downstream customers. A response form was included with the letter and the letter instructed customers to complete and return the response form to indicate they had received the notification and that they had complied with it. If you have any questions please contact our Technical Service Department at 800-255-6730 (US) or 913-888-0939 (International).

Device

  • Modelo / Serial
    Lot number: 1223566 EXP: 8/31/2013
  • Clasificación del producto
  • Clase de dispositivo
    2
  • ¿Implante?
    No
  • Distribución
    Nationwide Distribution including the states of AL, AZ, CA, CO, FL, HI, IA, IL, KY, LA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NY, OH, SC, TN, TX, VA, WI, and WV
  • Descripción del producto
    Oxoid Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing Disc, MEM10, REF: CT0774B, 10 mcg meropenem, Packed in packs containing 5 cartridges per pack, 50 discs per cartridge. Firm name on the label is Oxoid, Ltd., Basingstoke, United Kingdom. || Used in the semi-quantitative agar diffusion test method for in vitro susceptibility testing to assist in the determination of a suitable antibiotic agent for treatment purposes.
  • Manufacturer

Manufacturer

  • Dirección del fabricante
    Remel Inc, 12076 Santa Fe Trail Dr, Lenexa KS 66215-3519
  • Empresa matriz del fabricante (2017)
  • Source
    USFDA