Recall of MICRO SSP ALLELE SPECIFIC HLA CLASS I DNA TYPING TRAYS

According to Health Canada (via FOI), this recall involved a device in Canada that was produced by ONE LAMBDA 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
    28954
  • Event Risk Class
    II
  • Event Initiated Date
    2015-03-02
  • 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
    One lambda inc. part of thermofisher scientific is conducting a correction of the micro ssp allele specific hla class i dna typing tray-a*02. the primer sets in well 3b and 5c are incorrect which may cause a mistype. any a*02:01 a*68:02 sample will generate a positive band in well 3b and a negative band in well 5c. as a result the hla fusion software will display an a*02:75 a*68:01/23/59n typing.

Device

  • Model / Serial
    Model Catalog: SSPR1-A2 (Lot serial: 006 BATCH 24-25)
  • Product Description
    MICRO SSP ALLELE SPECIFIC HLA CLASS I DNA TYPING TRAY-A*02
  • Manufacturer

Manufacturer