Events

Recall of COBAS LIAT ANALYZER

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
    20891
  • Event Risk Class
    III
  • Event Initiated Date
    2017-08-09
  • 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
    The cobas liat system allows the use of several different barcode types for sample identification. if any of these barcode types are used together with codabar or code 39 barcodes and match an existing codabar or code 39 exactly it is theoretically possible that a sample mismatch between the two samples could occur when using software version 3.0.

Device

COBAS LIAT ANALYZER
  • Model / Serial
    Model Catalog: 07341920190 (Lot serial: N/A)
  • Product Description
    COBAS LIAT ANALYZER
  • Manufacturer
    ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS

Manufacturer

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