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Dako HER2 CISH pharmDx Kit, product code: SK 109 Product Usage: For in vitro diagnostic use. HER2 CISH pharmDx Kit is intended for dualcolor chromogenic visualization of signals achieved with directly labeled in situ hybridization probes targeting the HER2 gene and centromeric region of chromosome 17. The kit is designed to quantitatively determine HER2 gene status in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded breast cancer tissue specimens. Red and blue chromogenic signals are generated on the same tissue section for evaluation under bright field microscopy. The CISH procedure is automated using Dako Autostainer instruments. HER2 CISH pharmDx Kit is indicated as an aid in the assessment of patients for whom Herceptin (trastuzumab) treatment is being considered. Results from the HER2 CISH pharmDx Kit are intended for use as an adjunct to the clinicopathologic information currently used for estimating prognosis in stage II, node-positive breast cancer patients.

Z-2099-2016

June 10, 2016

Class II

Product summary

Firm
Dako North America Inc.
Event
Event 74408
Status
Terminated
Classification
Class II
Quantity
31 kits
Official record key
device-enforcement:Z-2099-2016

Official wording

Reason: An incorrect HER2 probe concentration was used when producing the probe component (Vial 3) in this kit lot. This has resulted in the HER2 probe concentration being too low.

Code information: 20031683

Distribution pattern: Worldwide Distribution - US Nationwide in the states of: PA, CA, AL, NC and countries of Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belgium, Bulgaria, Brazil, Canada, Switzerland, Germany, Spain, France, Greece, Italy, Macedonia, Qatar, Romania, Serbia, Sweden, and Turkey.

Derived failure modes

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    reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0

    An incorrect HER2 probe concentration was used when producing the probe component (Vial 3) in this kit lot. This has resulted in the HER2 probe concentration being too low.