Events

Recall of SSP UNITRAY - HIGH RESOLUTION CLASS I

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

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
    121715
  • Event Risk Class
    III
  • Event Initiated Date
    2009-10-21
  • 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
    Lane 23 in the 'a' high resolution ssp unitray lot and batch number identified will produce a false positive band at the correct base pair size in the presence of a*0301 samples. this will affect typing results on samples that are a*0301 homozygote since they could be erroneously reported as a*0301/a*1101.

Device

SSP UNITRAY - HIGH RESOLUTION CLASS I
  • Model / Serial
    Model Catalog: 47290-10 (Lot serial: 01145687); Model Catalog: 47291-10 (Lot serial: 01145687)
  • Product Description
    A LOCUS HIGH RESOLUTION SSP UNITRAY
  • Manufacturer
    LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION

Manufacturer

LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION