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Hardy Diagnostics BEA Agar with Vancomycin container type: 15x100mm monoplate packaged: 10 plates/sleeve Product Usage: BEA (Bile Esculin Agar) with Azide and Vancomycin for VRE is used as a direct screening medium in the isolation and presumptive identification of vancomycin-resistant enterococci/group D streptococci, such as Enterococcus faecalis and E. faecium, from fecal and rectal cultures.

Z-2276-2015

June 26, 2015

Class II

Product summary

Firm
Hardy Diagnostics
Event
Event 71602
Status
Terminated
Classification
Class II
Quantity
5,940 (5940 pk/10)
Official record key
device-enforcement:Z-2276-2015

Official wording

Reason: Hardy Diagnostics is recalling MacConkey Agar with Ciprofloxacin, Brain Heart Infusion Broth with Ciprofloxacin 1 ug, MDR Acinetobacter, BEA with Azide and Vancomycin, BEA Agar with Vancomycin, Gentamicin, and Amphotericin B, BEA Broth with Vancomycin, and VRE Broth due to lack of 510(k) clearance.

Code information: Lot number: 15075. 15096, 15107, 15121, 15134, and 15154 Cat no. G103

Distribution pattern: U.S. Nationwide Distribution and the country of: Canada

Derived failure modes

  • Unknown

    reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0

    Hardy Diagnostics is recalling MacConkey Agar with Ciprofloxacin, Brain Heart Infusion Broth with Ciprofloxacin 1 ug, MDR Acinetobacter, BEA with Azide and Vancomycin, BEA Agar with Vancomycin, Gentamicin, and Amphotericin B, BEA Broth with Vancomycin, and VRE Broth due to lack of 510(k) clearance.