Events

Retiro De Equipo (Recall) de Device Recall Test Kit

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 Catch Incorporated.

¿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.

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  • Tipo de evento
    Recall
  • ID del evento
    48734
  • Clase de Riesgo del Evento
    Class 2
  • Número del evento
    Z-0448-2009
  • Fecha de inicio del evento
    2007-01-18
  • Fecha de publicación del evento
    2009-01-06
  • Estado del evento
    Terminated
  • País del evento
    United States
  • Fecha de finalización del evento
    2010-09-28
  • Fuente del evento
    USFDA
  • URL de la fuente del evento
    https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfres/res.cfm?id=72016
  • 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
    Reagent Test Kit - Product Code LPS
  • Causa
    A high homocysteine level can be reported as falsely low.
  • Acción
    On 01/18/07 an "URGENT: PRODUCT CORRECTIVE ACTION" letter was sent to the consignees. The letter states the circumstances in which a high homocysteine rate can result in a false low homocysteine rate, a work around for the problem which a flag must be programmed into the user defined homocysteine test parameters and instructions to advise their customers about the situation was addressed in the letter so the consignees can take the recommended corrective action. A confirmation sheet was included with the letter to be signed by a representative of each distributor and returned to Catch Inc. Contact Catch Inc. at 1.425.402.8960 for assistance.

Device

Device Recall Test Kit
  • Modelo / Serial
    Catch Inc. - Lot Numbers and expiration dates include L05037 2007-05, B06003 2007-08, F06011 2007-12 and H06021 200802. Equal Diagnostics -Lot Number and expiration date include F06011 2007-12. First digit is the month of manufacture, A = Jan, B = Feb, but I is not used. Second and third digits are the year of manufacture, 05 = 2005. The remaining digits are sequential numbers for the next lot.
  • Clasificación del producto
    Clinical Chemistry and Clinical Toxicology Devices
  • Clase de dispositivo
    2
  • ¿Implante?
    No
  • Distribución
    CA and PA.
  • Descripción del producto
    Homocysteine Reagent Test Kit. The Homocysteine test kits were manufactured under 2 brand names. The first brand name Catch, the label reads "CATCH Catch Inc., Bothell, WA 98011 HOMOCYSTEINE REAGENT KIT, Catalog Number A11167, 100 Test Kit, Manufactured at Intersect Systems, Inc., Longview, WA 98632". The kit is made up of 5 individual portions. These include: Homocysteine Reagent R1 HCY A (28mL), Homocysteine Reagent R2 HCY R2 (13.5 mL), Homocysteine HCY C (2.8 mL), Homocysteine 0.0 umol/L (2mL) and Homocysteine 27.0 umol/L (2mL). The second brand name Equal the label reads "EQual DIAGNOSTICS FOR IN VITRO DIAGNOSTIC USE ONLY HOMOCYSTEINE 3-Part Kit w/calibrators, Catalog Number E02-058-03, Equal Diagnostic, Exton, PA 19341". The kit is made up of 5 individual portions. These include: Homocysteine Reagent R1, Homocysteine Reagent R2, Homocysteine Reagent R3, Homocysteine Calibrator 0.0 umol/L and Homocysteine Calibrator 27.0 umol/L. All individual kits are packaged into individual boxes and then packaged into 1 box. Homocysteine Reagent is intended for in vitro quantitative determination of total homocysteine in serum and plasma.
  • Manufacturer
    Catch Incorporated

Manufacturer

Catch Incorporated
  • Dirección del fabricante
    Catch Incorporated, 11822 N Creek Pkwy N Ste 107, Bothell WA 98011-8203
  • Source
    USFDA