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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 Bio Rad.

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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 098 05 18 000
  • Event Initiated Date
    2018-05-22
  • Event Country
    Saudi Arabia
  • Event Source
    SFDA
  • Event Source URL
    https://ncmdr.sfda.gov.sa/Secure/CA/CaViewRecall.aspx?caid=4&rid=12650
  • 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
    Some analyte values in certain vials of liquichek urine chemistry control level 2, lot 68512, are recovering outside the package insert ranges with high cvs. this could potentially be indicative of microbial contamination in some vials. due to this issue we recommend that you immediately discontinue use of lot 68512. the performance of level 1, lot 68511 is not impacted.

Device

Liquichek Urine Chemistry Control, Level 2
  • Model / Serial
    Catalog Numbers 398 and 395X Lot Nos. 68512 (Level 2), 68510 (MiniPak)
  • Product Description
    Reagents, Clinical Chemistry, Control, Urine
  • Manufacturer
    Bio Rad

Manufacturer

Bio Rad
  • Manufacturer Parent Company (2017)
    Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc
  • Manufacturers representative
    Al-Jeel Medical & Trading Co. LTD
  • Source
    SFDA