Events

Recall of Sirscan Disc Bactrim;Sirscan Disc Piperacilline + Tazobactam

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 I2A.

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
    2010-01-26
  • 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-sirscan-discs-bactrim-et-piperacilline-tazobactam-de-la-societe-i2a
  • 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
    Afssaps was informed on 21/01/2010 of the withdrawal of a batch of Sirscan Disc Bactrim and a batch of Sirscan Disc Piperacilline + Tazobactam made by the company I2A on 22/01/2010 due to a lack of performance . The users of this device concerned by this defect, in France, have received the attached mail (26/01/2010) (20 KB). The competent European authorities have been informed of this measure by the manufacturer. 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

Sirscan Disc Bactrim;Sirscan Disc Piperacilline + Tazobactam
  • Model / Serial
  • Product Description
    in-vitro_medical_device
  • Manufacturer
    I2A

Manufacturer

I2A
  • Manufacturer Parent Company (2017)
    I2A
  • Source
    LAANSM