Events

Recall of CIDEX OPA Solution Test Strips

According to Department of Health, Therapeutic Goods Administration, this recall involved a device in Australia that was produced by Johnson & Johnson Medical Pty Ltd.

What is this?

A correction or removal action taken by a manufacturer to address a problem with a medical device. Recalls occur when a medical device is defective, when it could be a risk to health, or when it is both defective and a risk to health.

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  • Type of Event
    Recall
  • Event ID
    RC-2015-RN-00298-1
  • Event Risk Class
    Class III
  • Event Initiated Date
    2015-04-01
  • Event Country
    Australia
  • Event Source
    DHTGA
  • Event Source URL
    https://apps.tga.gov.au/Prod/sara/arn-detail.aspx?k=RC-2015-RN-00298-1
  • Notes / Alerts
    Australian data is current through July 2018. All of the data comes from the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration, except for the categories Manufacturer Parent Company and Product Classification.
    The Parent Company and the Product Classification were added by ICIJ.
    The parent company information is based on 2017 public records. The device classification information comes from FDA’s Product Classification by Review Panel, based on matches of recall data from the U.S. and Australia.
  • Extra notes in the data
  • Reason
    The manufacturer has determined that shelf life data for the cidex opa solution test strips is effective for only 10 months of the test strip’s labeled 12-month shelf life. there is no potential risk to patient safety, as test strips used at the end of shelf life would indicate a false negative (e.G. “fail” result for solution above the minimum effective concentration). this issue could be observed during either qc testing of the test strips prior to use (in accordance with the instructions for use) or during testing of cidex opa solution when the test strips are near the end of shelf life. there was no evidence that a false positive (e.G. a “pass” result for solutions below the mec) would occur.A corrective action is in place to update the shelf life of the cidex® opa solution test strips from 12 months to 10 months.
  • Action
    Customers are requested to update the expiry date from 12 to 10 months. This action has been closed-out on 03/03/2016.

Device

CIDEX OPA Solution Test Strips

Manufacturer

Johnson & Johnson Medical Pty Ltd