Retiro De Equipo (Recall) de Inverness Medical BioStar Strep A OIA MAX

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 Binax, Inc. dba IMPD.

¿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
    51871
  • Clase de Riesgo del Evento
    Class 2
  • Número del evento
    Z-1506-2009
  • Fecha de inicio del evento
    2009-04-06
  • Fecha de publicación del evento
    2009-06-24
  • Estado del evento
    Terminated
  • País del evento
  • Fecha de finalización del evento
    2010-01-06
  • 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
    strep test in vitro diagnostic - Product Code GTZ
  • Causa
    Potential for false positive strep a results.
  • Acción
    Inverness Medical notified Customers by letter sent via Fedex April 6, 2009 . The letter included a request for a response from the customer. The product is discontinued.

Device

  • Modelo / Serial
    All lots: 196070, 196071, 196073, 196074, and 198052 expire 05/31/09;  196278, 196279, 196280, and 196281, expire 06/30/09.
  • Clasificación del producto
  • Clase de dispositivo
    1
  • ¿Implante?
    No
  • Distribución
    Nationwide.
  • Descripción del producto
    Inverness Medical BioStar Strep A OIA MAX, 100 test kit size, || Product Code: 90003, in vitro diagnostic.
  • Manufacturer

Manufacturer

  • Dirección del fabricante
    Binax, Inc. dba IMPD, 10 Southgate Rd, Scarborough ME 04074
  • Empresa matriz del fabricante (2017)
  • Comentario del fabricante
    “We are in constant communication with regulatory agencies and competent authorities worldwide which allows us to implement global recalls or in-country communication quickly and effectively,” Abbott, which now owns St. Jude Medical told ICIJ in a statement. In addition to sending global notices to physicians worldwide, we also make sure that product advisories are available online and classification of product recalls and product advisories are determined by global regulatory bodies which can impact the timing in any given country. MD companies follow varying regulations in different countries. In come countries software is not regulated so a recall in one country related to software would not be classified as a recall or field action in another. In addition, review cycles within the regulatory process can be different in each country which can impact communication and recall timing.
  • Source
    USFDA