Events

Recall of Access® Progesterone

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
    2005-04-11
  • Event Country
    France
  • Event Source
    ANSM
  • Event Source URL
    https://ansm.sante.fr/S-informer/Informations-de-securite-Retraits-de-lots-et-de-produits/retrait-de-lots-du-dmdiv-access-r-progesterone-beckman-coulter
  • 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
    On 6 April 2005, BECKMAN COULTER withdrew from the market lots 322861 (31.08.2005), 415360 (30.11.2005), 417275 (28.02.2006), 418722 (30.04.2006) of in vitro diagnostic medical device called Access® Progesterone reference 33550 following a possible decrease in the accuracy of the reagent which results in quality controls outside the limits of acceptance .. This device is used for the determination of progesterone in human serum using Access Immunoanalysis Systems. The company has directly notified the recipients of the offending lots by means of the attached message (11/04/2005) (125 ko) validated by Afssaps. The European competent authorities concerned are informed directly by the manufacturer. This information is intended for laboratory managers, health facility directors and reactive vigilance correspondents for dissemination, where appropriate, to the services concerned.

Device

Access® Progesterone
  • Model / Serial
  • Product Description
    in-vitro_medical_device
  • Manufacturer
    BECKMAN COULTER

Manufacturer

BECKMAN COULTER