Events

Recall of Device Recall Specimen Gate Laboratory

According to U.S. Food and Drug Administration, this recall involved a device in United States that was produced by PerkinElmer Life and Analytical Sciences, Wallac, OY.

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
    76648
  • Event Risk Class
    Class 2
  • Event Number
    Z-1761-2017
  • Event Initiated Date
    2017-03-07
  • Event Date Posted
    2017-03-13
  • Event Status
    Open, Classified
  • Event Country
    United States
  • Event Source
    USFDA
  • Event Source URL
    https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfres/res.cfm?id=153750
  • 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
    Calculator/data processing module, for clinical use - Product Code JQP
  • Reason
    Potential for errors in patient results generated by the specimen gate laboratory software.
  • Action
    PerkinElmer Life and Analytical Sciences sent an Urgent Medical Device Correction letter dated March 7, 2017, to all affected consignees. The letter contains the following instructions: Until PerkinElmer's corrective measures are completed, we request our customers to close the Specimen Gate Laboratory Result Viewer between viewing and especially between manually calculating assay results. Closing and reopening the Result Viewer between processing the results from different assays effectively prevents the described issues from occurring. We also request our customers to follow unreported specimens with available tools to avoid any delay in reporting screening results. The available tools will vary depending on their process or the LIMS system that is used for activities associated with management of patient demographics, patient reports and the overall management of data generated from newborn screening testing. The final corrective action will involve an installation update to the software. PerkinElmer will deploy an installation update that will prevent the described issue when assays are calculated during the same Result Viewer session without closing it between the processing of different assays. Once the installation update is available, Software Services will contact you and arrange for the deployment. The installation update will be provided to you free of charge. Customers were instructed to complete the enclosed response form and return it by fax to 1-330-825-8520 (US) =358 2 2678 357 (OUS). For questions regarding this recall call 317-418-1735.

Device

Device Recall Specimen Gate Laboratory
  • Model / Serial
    Software Version: 1.3 Rev2, 1.7, 1.8, 1.9, 1.9 Rev2
  • Product Classification
    Clinical Chemistry and Clinical Toxicology Devices
  • Device Class
    1
  • Implanted device?
    No
  • Distribution
    Worldwide Distribution - US including AL, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MI, MO, NV, OH, OK, OR, TN, TX, VA; and Internationally to Canada and Brazil
  • Product Description
    Specimen Gate Laboratory; Product Number: 5002-0180 || Specimen Gate Laboratory is intended for use as a data processing software used in the storage, retrieving, and processing of laboratory data.
  • Manufacturer
    PerkinElmer Life and Analytical Sciences, Wallac, OY

Manufacturer

PerkinElmer Life and Analytical Sciences, Wallac, OY
  • Manufacturer Address
    PerkinElmer Life and Analytical Sciences, Wallac, OY, Mustionkatu 6, P.O. Box 10, Turku Finland
  • Manufacturer Parent Company (2017)
    Perkin Elmer Inc.
  • Source
    USFDA