Recall of Panocell-20 and Capture-R Ready-ID. An in vitro diagnostic medical device (IVD).

According to Department of Health, Therapeutic Goods Administration, this recall involved a device in Australia that was produced by Seqirus 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-2017-RN-00305-1
  • Event Risk Class
    Class III
  • Event Initiated Date
    2017-03-03
  • Event Country
  • Event Source
    DHTGA
  • Event Source URL
  • 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, immucor has identified issues with panocell-20 and capture-r ready-id.For panocell-20, donor e1011 was listed as v+ (positive) on the master list supplied with this product. the donor has subsequently been tested as v - (negative). since donor e1011 is v–, cell number 11 will be nonreactive with specimens that may contain anti-v. v (rh10) is a low prevalence antigen in the rh system. for capture-r ready-id, donor d1741 was listed as v+ (positive) on the master list supplied with this product. dna testing of this donor has confirmed the donor as v - (negative). since donor d1741 is v–, cell number 4 will be non-reactive with specimens that may contain anti-v. v (rh10) is a low prevalence antigen in the rh system.
  • Action
    Seqirus is providing revised master lists for the affected products which correctly identify the donors as V- (negative). Seqirus is asking users to evaluate the impact the amended phenotype information may have on results generated with these product lots as per the users' procedures. This action has been closed-out on 05/07/2017.

Device

  • Model / Serial
    Panocell-20 and Capture-R Ready-ID. An in vitro diagnostic medical device (IVD).Panocell-20Item Number: 5020Lot Number: 52872Cell Number: Cell #11Expiry: 3 March 2017Capture-R Ready-IDItem Number: 66214Lot Number: ID324Cell Number: Cell #4Expiry: 2 May 2017ARTG Number: 245555ARTG Number: 245555
  • Manufacturer

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