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Event 81787

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
December 17, 2018
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Meridian Bioscience 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

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PREMIER Cryptococcal Antigen, Catalog Number 602096 Product Usage: The PREMIER Cryptococcal Antigen enzyme immunoassay (EIA) is a screening or a semi-quantitative test system for the detection of capsular polysaccharide antigens of Cryptococcus neoformans in serum and cerebrosoinal fluid (CSF).

Z-0732-2019
Recall number
Z-0732-2019
Initiated
December 17, 2018
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
Meridian Bioscience Inc
Quantity
184

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
An enzyme reagent included in the kit is not maintaining stability through claimed product expiration, resulting in the potential for false negative results when tested with patient specimens and the positive control.

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Official device-enrichment evidence · Unknown

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Reason for recall

An enzyme reagent included in the kit is not maintaining stability through claimed product expiration, resulting in the potential for false negative results when tested with patient specimens and the positive control.

Code information

Lot Numbers: 602096K089, 602096K090, 602096K091

Distribution pattern

Worldwide Distribution - US Nationwide in the states of: AK, CA, CO, DE, IL, KS, KY, LA, MD, MO, NC, ND, NJ, NY, SC, TX, and VA. The products were distributed to the following foreign countries: India and Italy.