Events

Recall of COBAS IT MIDDLEWARE

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

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
    43176
  • Event Risk Class
    II
  • Event Initiated Date
    2014-11-28
  • Event Country
    Canada
  • 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
    There is a potential issue between the cobas it middleware system and customer laboratory information system (lis) when spaces are used in the sample id's. if the lis sends sample id with leading spaces to citm this id will be saved with spaces when an instrument sends results back to citm since the driver removes these spaces during the transmission therefore sample id not found or wrong sample id association may occur.

Device

COBAS IT MIDDLEWARE
  • Model / Serial
    Model Catalog: 06498027001 (Lot serial: ALL VERSIONS); Model Catalog: 06498035001 (Lot serial: ALL VERSIONS)
  • Product Description
    COBAS IT MIDDLEWARE
  • Manufacturer
    ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS

Manufacturer

ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS
  • Manufacturer Address
    LAVAL
  • Manufacturer Parent Company (2017)
    Roche Holding AG
  • Source
    HC