Events

Safety Alert for ENZYGNOST ANTI-VZV IgG (VARICELA ZOSTER)

According to National Institute of Drugs and Food Surveillance (INVIMA), this safety alert involved a device in Colombia that was produced by Siemens HealthCare Diagnostics || Importer: Siemens Healthcare Rochem Colombia/ || Biocare Colombia S.A.S..

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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
    RRD-041015
  • Event Number
    INVIMA 2007RD-0000392
  • Date
    2015-10-22
  • Event Country
    Colombia
  • Event Source
    INVIMA
  • Event Source URL
    https://app.invima.gov.co/alertas/dispositivos-medicos-invima?page=169
  • 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
    Greater variation in the homogeneity of the test. this can lead to invalidating the runs for not satisfying the criterion devalidation of the p / n reference at the beginning and end of the series, giving falsely low results.

Device

ENZYGNOST ANTI-VZV IgG (VARICELA ZOSTER)

Manufacturer

Siemens HealthCare Diagnostics || Importer: Siemens Healthcare Rochem Colombia/ || Biocare Co...
  • Manufacturer Parent Company (2017)
    Siemens Ag
  • Source
    NIDFSINVIMA