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Event 81415

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
October 22, 2018
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
bioMerieux, Inc.

Dossier provenance

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  • 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

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VITEK 2 Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (AST) using one or more of these susceptibility products: Catalog # 410028, VITEK 2 AST-ST01 Catalog # 420915, VITEK 2 AST-ST02 Catalog # 421040, VITEK 2 AST-ST03 The VITEK 2 Streptococcus Susceptibility Card is intended for use with the VITEK 2 Systems in clinical laboratories as an in vitro test to determine the susceptibility of S. pneumoniae, beta-hemolytic Streptococcus, and Viridans Streptococcus to antimicrobial agents when used as instructed.

Z-0618-2019
Recall number
Z-0618-2019
Initiated
October 22, 2018
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
bioMerieux, Inc.
Quantity
184,374

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
False resistant results for Streptococcus anginosus and Streptococcus constellatus strains were reported.

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Reason for recall

False resistant results for Streptococcus anginosus and Streptococcus constellatus strains were reported.

Code information

Catalog # 410028, VITEK 2 AST-ST01 Catalog # 420915, VITEK 2 AST-ST02 Catalog # 421040, VITEK 2 AST-ST03

Distribution pattern

Worldwide Distribution: US (nationwide) to states of: AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NV, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY including Puerto Rico and to countries of:Algeria, Angola, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Sarl, Benin, Bosnia-Herz, Cameroon, Chad, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Dem. Rep. Congo, Egypt, , Georgia, Guam, Ethiopia, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, UAB, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malta, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Niger, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Qatar, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Slovenia, Sri Lanka, Tunisia, Ukraine, Gabon, and Zimbabwe.