Events

Safety Alert for unkown device

According to National Institute of Drugs and Food Surveillance (INVIMA), this safety alert involved a device in Colombia that was produced by Ortho Clinical Diagnostics Inc..

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Alerts provide important information and recommendations about products. Even though an alert has been issued, it does not necessarily mean a product is considered to be unsafe. Safety Alerts, addressed to health workers and users, may include recalls. They can be written by manufacturers, but also by health officials.

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  • Type of Event
    Safety alert
  • Event ID
    I1602-62
  • Event Number
    2007DM-0001234
  • Date
    2016-02-17
  • Event Country
    Colombia
  • Event Source
    INVIMA
  • Event Source URL
    https://app.invima.gov.co/alertas/dispositivos-medicos-invima?page=156
  • Notes / Alerts
    Colombian data is current through June 2019. All of the data comes from the National Institute of Drugs and Food Surveillance (INVIMA), 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 Colombia.
  • Extra notes in the data
  • Reason
    The manufacturer states that it has initiated the clarification of the operator's actions according to the condition codes u90-382 or 6lu generated by the referenced devices, possibly causing the elimination of the result or a mark of washing error, resulting in erroneous results of the processing of the samples.

Device

unkown device
  • Model / Serial
    8132086 and 6802153, specific serials.
  • Product Description
    The product is indicated for the analysis of in vitro tests.
  • Manufacturer
    Ortho Clinical Diagnostics Inc.

Manufacturer

Ortho Clinical Diagnostics Inc.