Events

Recall of Legiotop Ag

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 All Diag informed.

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
    2004-09-02
  • 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-de-deux-lots-de-legiotop-ag-societe-all-diag
  • 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 All Diag informed, on 01/09/04, the users of the reagent Legiotop Ag of several cases of false positives in the detection of the urinary antigen of Legionella pneumophilla, resulting in the withdrawal of both lots of Legiotop Ag currently marketed .. The users of this device concerned by this defect, in France, have received the attached mail (02/09/2004) (10 KB). The competent European authorities have not been informed of this measure because the device is marketed only in France. This information is intended for laboratory managers, directors of health establishments and local correspondents of reactive vigilance for dissemination to the medical services. biology concerned.

Device

Legiotop Ag
  • Model / Serial
  • Product Description
    in-vitro_medical_device
  • Manufacturer
    All Diag informed

Manufacturer

All Diag informed
  • Source
    LAANSM