Retiro De Equipo (Recall) de Xpert CT/NG

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 Cepheid.

¿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
    78910
  • Clase de Riesgo del Evento
    Class 2
  • Número del evento
    Z-0592-2018
  • Fecha de inicio del evento
    2017-10-09
  • Estado del evento
    Terminated
  • País del evento
  • Fecha de finalización del evento
    2018-02-13
  • 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
    Dna-reagents, neisseria - Product Code LSL
  • Causa
    Cepheid has received reports that some of our customers have experienced a higher number of temperature drift errors than would typically be expected when using this test and its intended use specimen types. investigation of the issue also revealed an occasional probability of false negative results which remains consistent with package insert claims.
  • Acción
    An Urgent Medical Device Recall letter (response form included), dated October 9, 2017, was sent to affected consignees. The letter identified the affected product, the issue involved, impact, and actions to be taken. Cepheid will provide replacement product for Xpert CT/NG assay product identified in this recall. Customers are to complete and the return the Response Form provided in order to receive replacement product. Additionally, the letter instructs users to review their laboratory statistics to see if their positivity rates are trending low during use of the affected lots. If so, they are to review the negative patient results according to their laboratory's Quality Management System. Customers are to refer to the applicable contact information provided if there are any questions.

Device

  • Modelo / Serial
    Lot numbers: 25718, 25719, 25725, and 25727.
  • Clasificación del producto
  • Clase de dispositivo
    2
  • ¿Implante?
    No
  • Distribución
    Worldwide Distribution -- USA, Puerto Rico, and Haiti.
  • Descripción del producto
    Xpert CT/NG Catalog GXCT/NG-120 Batch 1000049568, Catalog GXCT/NG-10 Batch 1000053075, Catalog GXCT/NG-10 Batch 1000056156 and Catalog GXCT/NG-10 Batch 1000056157. || Is a qualitative in vitro real-time PCR test.
  • Manufacturer

Manufacturer

  • Dirección del fabricante
    Cepheid, 904 E Caribbean Dr, Sunnyvale CA 94089-1189
  • Empresa matriz del fabricante (2017)
  • Source
    USFDA