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Device product

Etest¿ Piperacillin/tazobactam (4 ug/mL) PTc0.016-256-pack of 30 tests WW Etest¿ is a quantitative technique for determining the antimicrobial susceptibility of Gram-negative and Gram-positive aerobic bacteria.

Z-0439-2016

November 19, 2015

Class I

Product summary

Firm
Biomerieux
Event
Event 72755
Status
Terminated
Classification
Class I
Quantity
5458 units
Official record key
device-enforcement:Z-0439-2016

Official wording

Reason: Due to the potential for reporting erroneous results for Piperacillin/Tazobactam; specifically false susceptible results.

Code information: Ref. 412434, Lot numbers: 1004331500, 1004271120, 1004178060, 1003977300, 1003697470, 1003415090, 1003276060, 1003069230, 1002488490 and 1001936360.

Distribution pattern: Worldwide Distribution- US Nationwide including DC and the states of AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GS, HI, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV and WY, and the countries of Argentina, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Lebanon, Lithuania, Malaysia, Macedonia, Oman, Netherlands, Pakistan, Paraguay, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Singapore, Slavonia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, Uruguay, the United Kingdom, Vietnam and Venezuela.

Derived failure modes

  • Unknown

    reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0

    Due to the potential for reporting erroneous results for Piperacillin/Tazobactam; specifically false susceptible results.