Field Safety Notices about Uric Acid, Cholesterol, Lactate, Lipase, Creatinine

According to ALIMS (Agencija za lekove i medicinska sredstva), this field safety notices involved a device in Serbia that was produced by BECKMAN COULTER.

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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
    Field Safety Notice
  • Date
    2014-12-29
  • Event Date Posted
    2015-01-21
  • Event Country
  • Event Source
    ALIMSA
  • Event Source URL
  • Notes / Alerts
    Serbian data is current through February 2018. All of the data comes from ALIMS (Agencija za lekove i medicinska sredstva), 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 Serbia.
  • Extra notes in the data
  • Reason
    The manufacturer has recently determined that "n-acetyl cysteine (nac)" when given at therapeutic concentrations (for the treatment of paracetamol overdose) causes interference with tests for the following analytes: creatinine-enzymatic (ref: osr6x204), cholesterol (ref: osr6x16), uric acid (ref: osr6x98), lactate (ref: osr6x93) and lipase (ref: osr6x30).

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