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translation missing: en.activerecord.attributes.event.titles.recall_field_safety_notice

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 067 10 17 000
  • Event Initiated Date
    2017-10-18
  • Event Country
    Saudi Arabia
  • Event Source
    SFDA
  • Event Source URL
    https://ncmdr.sfda.gov.sa/Secure/CA/CaViewRecall.aspx?caid=4&rid=11643
  • 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
    There is a risk of nonspecific agglutination between 30 seconds and 1 minute when using the antisera mentioned above with salmonella for which the antigenic formula does not include the corresponding flagellar h antigen. performance degradation was verified on collection strains of known antigenic formula.

Device

Salmonella Antiserum
  • Model / Serial
    Multiple lot numbers of the affected device are provided in the attached FSN.
  • Product Description
    IVD, used for serological identification of Salmonella cultures
  • Manufacturer
    Bio Rad

Manufacturer

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