Field Safety Notices about Ortho biovue system cassette for immunohematology

According to Agency for Medical Products and Medical Devices of Croatia, this field safety notices involved a device in Croatia that was produced by Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, England.

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Field safety notices are communications sent out by medical device manufacturers or their representatives in relation to actions that they may be taking in relation to their product that is on the market. These are mainly for health workers, but also for users. They can include recalls and alerts.

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  • Type of Event
    Field Safety Notice
  • Event ID
    2014_ortho_biovue_system_cassette_immunohematology_1019
  • Date
    2014-02-05
  • Event Country
  • Event Source
    AMPMDC
  • Event Source URL
  • Notes / Alerts
    Croatian data is current through September 2015. All of the data comes from the Agency for Medical Products and Medical Devices of Croatia, 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 Croatia.
  • Extra notes in the data
    The Agency for Medicinal Products and Medical Devices (HALMED) has received from the medical device manufacturer Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, England, an information about the addendum to the safety corrective action regarding the ORTHO BioVue System Cassette for immunohematology.
    The manufacturers has provided users with the revised risk assessment and table of possible impact on test results.
    The safety information for users with the list of affected batches is available here.

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