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Recall of Rapid Neg BP Combo Panel Type 3

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

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
    69540
  • Event Risk Class
    Class 1
  • Event Number
    Z-0170-2015
  • Event Initiated Date
    2014-10-17
  • Event Date Posted
    2014-11-07
  • Event Status
    Terminated
  • Event Country
    United States
  • Event Terminated Date
    2015-06-29
  • Event Source
    USFDA
  • Event Source URL
    https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfres/res.cfm?id=130889
  • 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, test, automated, antimicrobial susceptibility, short incubation - Product Code LON
  • Reason
    An increase in false positive susceptible results on rapid neg bp combo panel type 3 and rapid neg urine combo panel type 1 used with microscan microbiology systems.
  • Action
    Customer Recall notification letters were sent on October 17, 2014. Letters recommend that any remaining inventory be discarded and that consideration be given to reviewing previous test result, conduct patient follow up and/or repeat testing if isolates are still available. A second letter clarifying the recall was issued November 7, 2014 which provided additional information as requested by CDRH.

Device

Rapid Neg BP Combo Panel Type 3
  • Model / Serial
    Catalog number: B1017-117, Siemens Material number 1044632, lot numbers: 2014-12-10, Exp. 2014-12-10; 2015-02-27, Exp 2015-02-27; 2015-06-23, Exp 2015-06-23.
  • Product Classification
    Immunology and Microbiology Devices
  • Device Class
    2
  • Implanted device?
    No
  • Distribution
    Distributed US (nationwide) including the states of IA, CA, NY, WI, MI, SD, NC, FL, HI, OH, WA, TX, WA, IN, NM, MS, KY, IL, UT, ND, and WY and the country of Canada.
  • Product Description
    Rapid Neg BP Combo Panel Type 3; Catalog number B 1017-117. || MicroScan Rapid panels are designed for use in determining identification to the species level and/or antimicrobial agent susceptibility of rapidly growing aerobic and facultatively anaerobic gram negative bacilli.
  • Manufacturer
    Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Inc.

Manufacturer

Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Inc.
  • Manufacturer Address
    Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Inc., 2040 Enterprise Blvd, West Sacramento CA 95691-3427
  • Manufacturer Parent Company (2017)
    Siemens Ag
  • Source
    USFDA