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Event 80491

1 recalled-product record grouped only because every row carries this exact official event ID.

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
January 23, 2018
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Biomerieux Inc

Dossier provenance

Source snapshots represented here

  • openFDA Device Enforcement Report-date coverage June 20, 2012–July 08, 2026 Known gap: openFDA describes 2004-present coverage, but the current export has no report-date records in this interval.
  • openFDA Device Recall event_date_initiated coverage June 01, 1997–June 30, 2026

Enforcement coverage uses report dates; product initiation dates can precede those bounds. Device-enrichment coverage uses FDA event_date_initiated.

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device · product 1 of 1

bioM¿rieux VITEK 2 NH ID Test Kit Product Usage: Is an automated system consisting of instruments, software and reagent cards designed for the ID and antimicrobial susceptibility testing of bacteria and yeast.

Z-2874-2018
Recall number
Z-2874-2018
Initiated
January 23, 2018
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
Biomerieux Inc
Quantity
57 cartons

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
Missing desiccant.

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

Official device-enrichment evidence · Sourced

Nonconforming Material/Component

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Reason for recall

Missing desiccant.

Code information

Batch/Lot: 245057043 Exp. Date 19JUN2019

Distribution pattern

US Nationwide Distribution in the states of AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, DC, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT. VA. VT. WA. WI, and WV