Events

Safety Alert for Sample Processing System THINPREP

According to National Institute of Drugs and Food Surveillance (INVIMA), this safety alert involved a device in Colombia that was produced by Hologic 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
    I1604-173
  • Event Number
    2012DM-0008803
  • Date
    2016-04-27
  • Event Country
    Colombia
  • Event Source
    INVIMA
  • Event Source URL
    https://app.invima.gov.co/alertas/dispositivos-medicos-invima?page=145
  • 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 informs that it is possible that the medical device configured with automatic loader, misinterprets the encoded value of the label of the bar code of the vial, which could lead to the occurrence of potentially erroneous results.

Device

Sample Processing System THINPREP
  • Model / Serial
    THINPREP 5000
  • Product Description
    Processing and storage of gynecological samples.
  • Manufacturer
    Hologic Inc

Manufacturer

Hologic Inc