Safety Alert for analyzer for immunoassays Cobas

According to National Institute of Drugs and Food Surveillance (INVIMA), this safety alert involved a device in Colombia that was produced by Hitachi High Technologies Corporation || Roche Diagnostics Gmbh.

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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
    I1707-311
  • Event Number
    2008DM-0002975
  • Date
    2017-07-31
  • Event Country
  • Event Source
    INVIMA
  • Event Source URL
  • 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

Device

  • Model / Serial
    e411 and Elecsys 2010.
  • Product Description
    This equipment is an automated platform of random access continuous and controlled by its software for immunoassays by electrochemiluminescence of multiple tests both qualitative and quantitative. Processes urine, fluid, serum or plasma samples for in vitro diagnostic tests.
  • Manufacturer