Events

Recall of Access / HAV AB QC

According to L’Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé (ANSM), this recall involved a device in France that was produced by BECKMAN COULTER.

What is this?

A correction or removal action taken by a manufacturer to address a problem with a medical device. Recalls occur when a medical device is defective, when it could be a risk to health, or when it is both defective and a risk to health.

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  • Type of Event
    Recall
  • Date
    2001-09-11
  • Event Country
    France
  • Event Source
    ANSM
  • Event Source URL
    https://ansm.sante.fr/S-informer/Informations-de-securite-Retraits-de-lots-et-de-produits/access-hav-ab-calibrators-ref--34205-access-hav-ab-qc-ref--34209
  • Notes / Alerts
    French data is current through early September 2018. All of the data comes from L’Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé (ANSM), 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 France.
  • Extra notes in the data
  • Action
    The company Beckman Coulter withdraws the lots 194018 (per.15.03.02), 194019 (per.15.06.02) from the reagent called Access / HAV AB Calibrators -ref. 34205 and lots 194016 (per.30.01.02), 194017 (per.15.03.02), 194018 (per.15.03.02), 194019 (15.07.02) of the reagent called Access / HAV AB QC -ref. 34209, due to a stability problem that may lead to calibration difficulties, out of specification quality control values ​​and, exceptionally, false positive results for patient samples. These reagents are involved in the determination of the total anti-HAV antibodies (hepatitis A virus) on the Access automaton.

Device

Access / HAV AB QC
  • Model / Serial
  • Product Description
    in-vitro_medical_device
  • Manufacturer
    BECKMAN COULTER

Manufacturer

BECKMAN COULTER