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According to Saudi Food & Drug Authority, this translation missing: en.activerecord.attributes.event.types.recall_field_safety_notice involved a device in Saudi Arabia that was produced by Abbott.

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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
    Recall / Field Safety Notice
  • Event ID
    mdprc 077 07 18 000
  • Event Initiated Date
    2018-07-12
  • Event Country
    Saudi Arabia
  • Event Source
    SFDA
  • Event Source URL
    https://ncmdr.sfda.gov.sa/Secure/CA/CaViewRecall.aspx?caid=4&rid=12913
  • Notes / Alerts
    Saudi data is current through January 2019. All of the data comes from the Saudi Food & Drug 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 Saudi Arabia.
  • Extra notes in the data
    Report Source: NCMDR
    SFDA urges all hospitals that have devices subjected to recall, to contact the company.
  • Reason
    Abbott has identified the following issues with the alinity ci‐series which may present a potential performance issue in alinity ci‐series software version 2.10. abbott is releasing alinity ci‐series software version 2.50 to correct these issues (see details in appendix a). 1. removing racks during the maintenance state is not detected by the system. issues with orders may occur when reloading a rack with samples and returning to running state. 2. orders created using more than one of the i‐series, c‐series, or calculated options to select assays will only include the assays selected in the last filtered view, if the order is saved prior to returning to the all option. 3. enabling an assay when the processing module is in the running or processing status causes the assay to be re‐installed. 4. a sample with 270 test orders remained in the scheduled status and would not process. 5. some maintenance and diagnostic procedures can appear to have completed successfully when there was insufficient inventory.

Device

Alinity ci‐series System Control Module (SCM)
  • Model / Serial
    List Number (LN): 03R70‐01
  • Product Description
    Analyzers, Laboratory, Clinical Chemistry/Immunoassay
  • Manufacturer
    Abbott

Manufacturer

Abbott
  • 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.
  • Manufacturers representative
    Medical supplies & Services Co.Ltd Mediserv
  • Source
    SFDA