Events

Recall of Lysercell WDF

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

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
    21975
  • Event Initiated Date
    2017-09-14
  • 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: Roche Diagnostics (NZ) Ltd, 15 Rakino Way, Mt Wellington, AUCKLAND 1644
  • Reason
    It has been noticed that there is an increased frequency of false positive flags in the wdf channel. upon investigation, the manufacturer determined there was a possibility of xn series instruments generating this problem due to certain lots of lysercell wdf.
  • Action
    Product to be destroyed

Device

Lysercell WDF
  • Model / Serial
    Model: , Affected: Affected Lots: A6027, A6028, A6029, A6030, A6031, A6032, A6033, A6034, A6035, A6037, A6039, A7001, A7002, A7004
  • Manufacturer
    Sysmex Corporation

Manufacturer

Sysmex Corporation