Events

Recall of BacT / ALERT FA

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 BIOMERIEUX.

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
    2007-11-15
  • 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-de-flacons-d-hemoculture-bact-alert-fa-biomerieux
  • 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
    In agreement with Afssaps, the company BioMérieux, informed the 13/11/2007, the users of blood culture bottles called BacT / ALERT FA of the withdrawal of two lots. In France, only users who received the two incriminated lots are affected by this withdrawal and have been notified via the enclosed mail (15/11/2007) (27 KB). The competent European authorities have been informed of this measure by the manufacturer. This information is intended for laboratory managers, directors of health establishments and local correspondents of reactive vigilance for distribution to the concerned biology departments.

Device

BacT / ALERT FA
  • Model / Serial
  • Product Description
    in-vitro_medical_device
  • Manufacturer
    BIOMERIEUX

Manufacturer

BIOMERIEUX