Events

Safety Alert for Total T4 Reagent

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. || Importer: JOHNSON & JOHNSON DE COLOMBIA S.A..

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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
    ARD-010716
  • Event Number
    INVIMA 2006RD-0000214
  • Date
    2016-07-18
  • Event Country
    Colombia
  • Event Source
    INVIMA
  • Event Source URL
    https://app.invima.gov.co/alertas/dispositivos-medicos-invima?page=133
  • 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
    Ortho clinical diagnostics (ortho) determined that the storage limit of an open package (in use) should be reduced from 8 weeks to 4 weeks. this change affects the lots of expired, current (within the date) and future products. although these batches met all the specifications in the release test before distribution, our tests indicate that results generated using the vitros tt4 reagent packets that are open for more than 4 weeks may demonstrate a negative reaction as shown on page three.

Device

Total T4 Reagent

Manufacturer

ORTHO CLINICAL DIAGNOSTICS, INC. || Importer: JOHNSON & JOHNSON DE COLOMBIA S.A.