Events

Recall of CRPLX cassettes

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 Roche Diagnostics.

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
    2001-08-02
  • 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-d-un-lot-de-cassettes-integra-crplx-reference-2-056-089
  • 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
    Roche Diagnostics withdraws lot 156081-01 (per 01.02) from the market called Integra CRPLX cassettes - reference 2 056 089 (used for the determination of serum C-reactive protein), following a possible lack of filling some reagent-vials constituting the cassettes. This defect can lead to erroneous results for patient samples and -controls.

Device

CRPLX cassettes
  • Model / Serial
  • Product Description
    in-vitro_medical_device
  • Manufacturer
    Roche Diagnostics

Manufacturer

Roche Diagnostics