Events

Recall of STA Liatest Free Protein S

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 Diagnostica Stago.

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
    2007-05-04
  • 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-lots-du-reactif-sta-liatest-free-protein-s-diagnostica-stago
  • 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 Diagnostica Stago informed, on 02/05/2007, the users of the STA Liatest Free Protein S reagent, the withdrawal of several batches due to a loss of reactivity over time. The users of this device concerned by this defect in France have received the attached letter (02/05/2007) (41 KB) The competent European authorities have been informed of this measure by Afssaps. address to laboratory managers, health facility directors and local correspondents of reactive vigilance for distribution to the concerned biology departments.

Device

STA Liatest Free Protein S
  • Model / Serial
  • Product Description
    in-vitro_medical_device
  • Manufacturer
    Diagnostica Stago

Manufacturer

Diagnostica Stago