Events

Recall of Alere HIV Combo

According to New Zealand Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority, this recall involved a device in New Zealand that was produced by Alere Medical Co Ltd.

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
  • Event ID
    21676
  • Event Initiated Date
    2017-07-11
  • Event Country
    New Zealand
  • Event Source
    NZMMDSA
  • Event Source URL
    https://medsafe.govt.nz/hot/Recalls/RecallSearch.asp
  • Notes / Alerts
    Data from New Zealand is current through July 2018. All of the data comes from the New Zealand Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority, 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 New Zealand.
  • Extra notes in the data
    Recalling Organisation: Alere Ltd, C/- Bell Gully, Level 22, Vero Centre, 48 Shortland Street, AUCKLAND 1010
  • Reason
    Internal investigations have identified that when testing with edta whole blood samples, may exhibit increased frequency of a red bar in the antigen (p24) result window, which could be interpreted as a false positive result. these bars may be faint. antigen (p24) performance with other sample types continues to perform as per product specifications. performance for hiv-1 and hiv-2 antibody is as per product specifications.
  • Action
    Manufacturer to issue advice regarding use

Device

Alere HIV Combo
  • Model / Serial
    Model: , Affected: 20 Tests Kits catalogue number 7D2846, Lot number 80671K100C
  • Manufacturer
    Alere Medical Co Ltd

Manufacturer

Alere Medical Co Ltd
  • Manufacturer Parent Company (2017)
    Abbott Laboratories
  • Manufacturer comment
    “We are in constant communication with regulatory agencies and competent authorities worldwide which allows us to implement global recalls or in-country communication quickly and effectively,” Abbott, which now owns St. Jude Medical told ICIJ in a statement. In addition to sending global notices to physicians worldwide, we also make sure that product advisories are available online and classification of product recalls and product advisories are determined by global regulatory bodies which can impact the timing in any given country. MD companies follow varying regulations in different countries. In come countries software is not regulated so a recall in one country related to software would not be classified as a recall or field action in another. In addition, review cycles within the regulatory process can be different in each country which can impact communication and recall timing.
  • Source
    NZMMDSA