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Terminated

BacT/ALERT 3D 60 Systems Software, Blood Culturing System

FDA Recall Z-0776-2007 · Posted 2007-05-03

Recalling FirmbioMerieux, Inc.
Recall StatusTerminated
Product CodeMDB
Date Initiated2006-08-14
Date Terminated2009-12-08
Product Quantity10790 units, total for all models

Reason for Recall

Plastic bottle samples assigned less sensitive default glass bottle algorithm instead of the plastic bottle algorithm on BacT/ALERT Microbial Detection Systems.

Firm Action

Consignees were notified via A Field Corrective Action Notification on/about 10/18/2006. A second notification was sent on October 31, 2006.

Root Cause

Other

Distribution Pattern

Worldwide, including USA, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dutch Antilles, Egypt, Ecuador, Estonia, Faeroe Islands, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania , Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Venezuela, and Vietnam.

Related FDA 510(k) Records

Devices referenced by this recall via K-numbers.

K981736BACT/ALERT 3D MICROBIAL DETECTION SYSTEMOrganon Teknika Corp. · 1998-07-24

Official Source

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Source: FDA Enforcement Report / Recall database. Always confirm against the official FDA record.

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