Recall of Gentamicine

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
    2009-10-15
  • Event Country
  • Event Source
    ANSM
  • Event Source URL
  • 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 Roche Diagnostics, informed on 13/10/2009, the users of the online reagent Gentamicine, the withdrawal of all batches of the reagent and temporary discontinuation of marketing, following a risk The users of this device concerned by this defect, in France, received the attached mail (15/10/2009) (32 KB). The competent European authorities have been informed of this measure by Roche Diagnostics. 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

  • Model / Serial
  • Product Description
    in-vitro_medical_device
  • Manufacturer

Manufacturer