Events

Recall of Cepheid Xpert MRSA/SA Blood Culture

According to U.S. Food and Drug Administration, this recall involved a device in United States that was produced by Cepheid.

What is this?

A correction or removal action taken by a manufacturer to address a problem with a medical device. Recalls occur when a medical device is defective, when it could be a risk to health, or when it is both defective and a risk to health.

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  • Type of Event
    Recall
  • Event ID
    55670
  • Event Risk Class
    Class 1
  • Event Number
    Z-1898-2010
  • Event Initiated Date
    2010-04-05
  • Event Date Posted
    2010-07-01
  • Event Status
    Terminated
  • Event Country
    United States
  • Event Terminated Date
    2011-05-25
  • Event Source
    USFDA
  • Event Source URL
    https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfres/res.cfm?id=91508
  • Notes / Alerts
    U.S. data is current through June 2018. All of the data comes from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, except for the category Manufacturer Parent Company.
    The Parent Company was added by ICIJ.
    The parent company information is based on 2017 public records.
  • Extra notes in the data
    system, nucleic acid amplification test, dna, methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus, direct sp - Product Code NQX
  • Reason
    The firm is receiving reports of inaccurate results, which may result in delay of care for seriously ill patients.
  • Action
    The firm, Cepheid, issued a technical bulletin to customers on April 5, 2010 and an updated to the April 5 bulletin dated April 9, 2010 instructing them to perform a reflexive repeat test on any blood culture results initially determined as having SA. If further information on this please contact your Cepheid Sales Representative 1-888-336-2743 or www.CEPHEID.COM.

Device

Cepheid Xpert MRSA/SA Blood Culture
  • Model / Serial
    Product codes GXMRSA/SA-BC-10 (lot numbers 00601, 00602, 00603, 00701, 00801, 00901, 00902, 00903, 00904, 01001, 01101, 01102, 01301, 01302) and GXMRSA/SA-BC-CE-10 (lot numbers 01001, 01101, 01301)
  • Product Classification
    Immunology and Microbiology Devices
  • Device Class
    2
  • Implanted device?
    No
  • Distribution
    Worldwide distribution: USA and Europe, Taiwan, and Australia.
  • Product Description
    Cepheid Xpert MRSA/SA Blood Culture Test for use with the GeneXpert Dx System, manufactured by Cepheid, Sunnyvale, CA. || Medical device, qualitative in vitro diagnostic test intended for the detection of Staphylococcus aureus and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aures DNA directly from patient positive blood cultures. It is not intended to monitor treatment for MRSA/SA infections. Sub culturing of positive blood cultures is necessary to recover organisms for susceptibility testing or for epidemiological typing.
  • Manufacturer
    Cepheid

Manufacturer

Cepheid
  • Manufacturer Address
    Cepheid, 904 E Caribbean Dr, Sunnyvale CA 94089-1189
  • Manufacturer Parent Company (2017)
    Danaher Corporation
  • Source
    USFDA