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Field Safety Notices about cobas c 501 module, cobas c 502 module

According to Agency for Medicinal Products and Medical Devices of the Republic of Slovenia (via FOI), this field safety notices involved a device in Slovenia that was produced by Roche Diagnostics.

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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
    2017-07-11
  • Event Country
    Slovenia
  • Event Source
    AMPMDRS
  • Notes / Alerts
    Data from Slovenia is current through February 2019. All of the data comes from the Agency for Medicinal Products and Medical Devices of the Republic of Slovenia (via FOI), 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 Slovenia.
  • Extra notes in the data
  • Reason
    We regret to inform you that an operator was injured during a maintenance task, when removing the ultrasonic mixer cover (usm cover 3) of a cobas c 502 module. considering that cobas c 501 and cobas c 502 modules share the same hardware, roche diagnostics has decided to inform and request operators of both systems to perform the related maintenance task with special caution, so as to prevent further occurrence of this issue. when the operator cleans the incubation bath or replaces cuvettes on cobas c 501 and cobas c 502 modules, during monthly maintenance, the usm cover 3 has to be removed and its two thumb screws have to be loosened. .

Device

cobas c 501 module, cobas c 502 module

Manufacturer

Roche Diagnostics