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BioFire Blood Culture Identification 2 (BCID2) Panel Part No: RFIT-ASY-0147 UDI: 00815381020338 Blood Culture Catalog No./Description: 442023/BD BACTEC Plus Aerobic medium in plastic vials 442021/BD BACTEC Lytic Anaerobic medium in plastic vials 442192//BD BACTEC Plus Aerobic medium in glass vials 442022/BD BACTEC Plus Anaerobic medium in plastic vials 442020/BD BACTEC Peds Plus mediums in plastic vials All lots with an expiry date prior to

Z-0312-2022

October 11, 2021

Class II

Product summary

Firm
BioFire Diagnostics, LLC
Event
Event 88934
Status
Terminated
Classification
Class II
Quantity
Total 14,140 Kits [11,155 kits (U.S.) and 2,985 kits (O.U.S.)]
Official record key
device-enforcement:Z-0312-2022

Official wording

Reason: Due to an increased risk of false positive Acinetobacter calcoaceticus- baumannii complex results. The cause may be as a due to non-viable contamination in the blood culture vials.

Code information: Blood Culture Identification 2 (BCID2) Panel Part Number: RFIT-ASY-0147 UDI Code: 00815381020338 Blood Culture Media Catalog No./Description: 442023/BD BACTEC Plus Aerobic medium in plastic vials 442021/BD BACTEC Lytic Anaerobic medium in plastic vials 442192//BD BACTEC Plus Aerobic medium in glass vials 442022/BD BACTEC Plus Anaerobic medium in plastic vials 442020/BD BACTEC Peds Plus mediums in plastic vials All BCID2 Panel lots BD Blood Culture Media vials with expiration date of April 30, 2022 or earlier.

Distribution pattern: Worldwide distribution - U.S. Nationwide distribution in the states of AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV and WY. The Countries of Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Dominican Rep/, Ecuador, Egypt, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guam, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Israel Italy, Kuwait, Latvia, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russian Fed., Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Shanghai, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Utd/Arab Emir/.

Derived failure modes

  • Unknown

    reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0

    Due to an increased risk of false positive Acinetobacter calcoaceticus- baumannii complex results. The cause may be as a due to non-viable contamination in the blood culture vials.