Events

Recall of Ortho Bio Vue Top

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 ORTHO CLINICAL 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
    2002-09-24
  • 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-du-dm-div-ortho-bio-vue-top-ref--707790-par-la-societe-ortho-clinical-diagnostics
  • 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 September 21, 2002, Ortho Clinical Diagnostics removed lot 237 (per 17.10.02) from the in vitro diagnostic medical device called: Ortho Bio Vue Top / panel of human red blood cells for antibody identification irregular - reference 707790, following the weakening of the antigens Fya (FY1), Fyb (FY2) and M (MNS1) present on the untreated red cells numbers 1, 2, 4 and 7 .. This panel is used for the identification irregular antibodies on the Ortho Bio Vue system.

Device

Ortho Bio Vue Top

Manufacturer

ORTHO CLINICAL DIAGNOSTICS