Events

Retiro De Equipo (Recall) de Xpect Giardia/Cryptosporidium 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 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
    49090
  • Clase de Riesgo del Evento
    Class 2
  • Número del evento
    Z-2432-2008
  • Fecha de inicio del evento
    2008-08-11
  • Fecha de publicación del evento
    2008-09-19
  • Estado del evento
    Terminated
  • País del evento
    United States
  • Fecha de finalización del evento
    2010-01-21
  • Fuente del evento
    USFDA
  • URL de la fuente del evento
    https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfres/res.cfm?id=72732
  • 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
    Giardia Spp. - Product Code MHI
  • Causa
    Faint grey test lines for cryptosporidium may be visible which may be interpreted as false positive.
  • Acción
    The recalling firm issued letters dated 6/19/08 flagged "IMPORTANT PRODUCT INFORMATION" which advised their customers of the issue with the faint grey test lines but did not request any action be taken, such as return or destruction of the affected lot numbers. The recalling firm issued a second letter flagged "IMPORTANT MEDICAL DEVICE CUSTOMER ADVISORY NOTICE" dated 8/11/08 and was issued via regular mail on 8/14/08. This letter asked users to review their inventory for the product lots indicated in the letter, discard all remaining units of this product lot, complete and return the Product Inventory Checklist regardless if they have affected product. A "PRODUCT INVENTORY CHECKLIST" was enclosed to report whether the firm had product to discard and the amount to be replaced.

Device

Xpect Giardia/Cryptosporidium Kit
  • Modelo / Serial
    Lot numbers 597374, Exp. 2008.10.08; 607636, Exp. 2008.11.06; 615970, Exp. 2008.12.02; 615971, Exp. 2008.12.02; 621187, Exp. 2008.12.02; 622617, Exp. 2009.04.02; 624618, Exp. 2009.01.02; 635553, Exp. 2009.04.17; 635554, Exp. 2009.04.24; 640609, Exp. 2009.05.01; 654829, Exp. 2009.05.30; and 658878, Exp. 2009.05.30
  • Clasificación del producto
    Immunology and Microbiology Devices
  • Clase de dispositivo
    2
  • ¿Implante?
    No
  • Distribución
    Worldwide Distribution --- including USA and countries of Canada and U.K.
  • Descripción del producto
    Xpect Giardia/Cryptosporidium Kit, Ref 24050520, 20 tests per kit, For In Vitro Diagnostic Use. || A rapid test for the direct qualitative detection of Giardia and Cryptosporidium antigens in fecal specimens.
  • Manufacturer
    Remel, Inc

Manufacturer

Remel, Inc
  • Dirección del fabricante
    Remel, Inc, 12076 Santa Fe Trail Dr, Lenexa KS 66215-3519
  • Source
    USFDA