Events

Recall of PTU card AB

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 DIAGAST.

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
    2000-12-07
  • 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-reactif-denomme-carte-ptu-ab
  • 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
    Lot 032000 (per 31.12.2000) of the reagent called card PTU AB - reference 79054 (ultimate pre-transfusion control card) of the company DIAGAST is withdrawn from the market following the possibility of observing, for some cards, a color change and, optionally, a change in reactivity of the dried antibodies.

Device

PTU card AB
  • Model / Serial
  • Product Description
    in-vitro_medical_device
  • Manufacturer
    DIAGAST

Manufacturer

DIAGAST