Recall of ACS: 180 CHEMILUMINESCENCE SYSTEM - ACS: 180 ANALYZER - CLASS 3

According to Health Canada (via FOI), this recall involved a device in Canada that was produced by BAYER INC..

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
    45736
  • Event Risk Class
    II
  • Event Initiated Date
    2000-04-18
  • Event Country
  • Event Source
    HC
  • Notes / Alerts
    Canadian data is current through March 2018. All of the data comes from Health Canada, 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 Canada.
  • Extra notes in the data
  • Reason
    Troponin i control values drifting out of range high over time. qc overrecovery can be associated with lite reagent precipitation in calibrator u reagent lot number 18 and lower.

Device

  • Model / Serial
    Model Catalog: (Lot serial: item 111084); Model Catalog: (Lot serial: item 111083)
  • Product Description
    ACS 180 AND ADVIA CENTAUR TROPONIN I
  • Manufacturer

Manufacturer

  • Manufacturer Address
    TORONTO
  • Manufacturer Parent Company (2017)
  • Source
    HC