Retiro De Equipo (Recall) de Oxoid Legionella Latex Test

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
    69566
  • Clase de Riesgo del Evento
    Class 2
  • Número del evento
    Z-0465-2015
  • Fecha de inicio del evento
    2014-10-23
  • Fecha de publicación del evento
    2014-12-16
  • Estado del evento
    Terminated
  • País del evento
  • Fecha de finalización del evento
    2015-01-22
  • 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
    Device, general purpose, microbiology, diagnostic - Product Code LIB
  • Causa
    A reagent within the test may return false negative results.
  • Acción
    ThermoFisher sent a Medical Device Recall letter dated October 23, 2014. The letter identified the product, the problem, and the action to be taken by the customer. Customers were instructed to notify any personnel who need to be aware of the potential for false negative results for the affected product. Customers should review their inventory for the affected products and discard them. Return the attached Medical Device Recall Return Response acknowledging receipt of the notice and disposal of the affected product. If product was further distributed customers should contact those entities, advise them of the situation and provide them with a copy of this letter. Customers with questions were instructed to contact their Technical Services Department at 800-255-6730 (US) or 913-888-0939 (International).

Device

  • Modelo / Serial
    DR0802M box lot 1301909, Exp. 30Sep2014
  • Clasificación del producto
  • Clase de dispositivo
    1
  • ¿Implante?
    No
  • Distribución
    Nationwide Distribution including AZ, CA, DC, FL, IL, ME, NJ, NY, PA, VA, and VT.
  • Descripción del producto
    Oxoid Legionella Pneumo Groups 2-14 Latex Test, DR0802M, containing 50 tests per box. The box contains a variety of components, one of which is Oxoid L. pneumophila Group 2-14 Latex Reagent, Lot 1301912. The product is a latex agglutination test for the identification of predominant Legionella species grown on plate media from patients with suspected Legionellosis or from environmental sources. The test allows a separate identification of Legionella pneumophila serogroup 15 and serogroups 1-14 and detection of other pathogenic non L. pneumophila, Legionella strains.
  • Manufacturer

Manufacturer

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