Events

Retiro De Equipo (Recall) de FastPack Total PSA Immunoassay

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 Qualigen 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
    50115
  • Clase de Riesgo del Evento
    Class 2
  • Número del evento
    Z-0500-2009
  • Fecha de publicación del evento
    2008-12-22
  • Estado del evento
    Terminated
  • País del evento
    United States
  • Fecha de finalización del evento
    2011-06-02
  • Fuente del evento
    USFDA
  • URL de la fuente del evento
    https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfres/res.cfm?id=74758
  • 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
    Prostate-Specific Antigen (Psa) For Management Of Prostate Cancers - Product Code LTJ
  • Causa
    The recall was initiated after the firm investigation of customer complaints of falsely elevated results determined the product was not meeting product performance expectations.
  • Acción
    The recall was initiated with Qualigen faxing a copy of the Product Notification letter, dated 9/29/2008, to all customers who have received any sublot of the affected product . Faxes were sent beginning 9/29/08. The recall letter informed the customers that the affected product was not meeting the firm's expectations for product performance. Customers were instructed to please stop using the affected lots immediately as they have been noted to produce falsely elevated results and they should confirm any result that appears to be inconsistent with "a patient's medical history, clinical examination, and other findings". In addition, they may wish to retest any patients that were run with a different FastPack lot. Beginning on 9/30/08, all customers were contacted by phone to confirm that they received the recall letter. The customers were shipped replacement products at no cost and as part of the product replacement process, they were instructed to return any unused Total PSA FastPacks/Kits of lot 0807002 to Qualigen.

Device

FastPack Total PSA Immunoassay
  • Modelo / Serial
    Lot Numbers: 0807002-901, 0807002-903, 0807002-904, 0807002-905, 0807002-906, 0807002-907, 0807002-908, and 0807002-909.
  • Clasificación del producto
    Immunology and Microbiology Devices
  • Clase de dispositivo
    2
  • ¿Implante?
    No
  • Distribución
    Worldwide Distribution --- including USA and countries of Canada, UK , Italy, Switzerland, Sweden, & South Korea.
  • Descripción del producto
    FastPack(R) Total PSA Immunoassay; Catalog #: 25000001 || Is a paramagnetic particle immunoassay for the in vitro quantitative determination of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) in human serum and plasma as an aid in the management of patients with prostate cancer. The FastPack(R) Total PSA immunoassay is designed for use with the FastPack (R) System.
  • Manufacturer
    Qualigen Inc

Manufacturer

Qualigen Inc
  • Dirección del fabricante
    Qualigen Inc, 2042 Corte del Nogal, Carlsbad CA 92011-1438
  • Empresa matriz del fabricante (2017)
    Qualigen Inc
  • Source
    USFDA