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Device product

Trinity biotech Captia (TM) Syphilis IgM Capture Test Kit, Product No./REF 800-935, Test Kit for 96 Determinations, IVD for In Vitro Diagnostic use; an antibody class capture enzyme immunoassay for the detection of IgM antibodies to T. pallidum as an aid to the identification of active syphilis in human serum.

Z-0819-2015

November 17, 2014

Class III

Product summary

Firm
Clark Laboratories, Inc. (dba,Trinity Biotech USA)
Event
Event 69827
Status
Terminated
Classification
Class III
Quantity
Domestic: 9 kits; Foreign: 26 kits
Official record key
device-enforcement:Z-0819-2015

Official wording

Reason: Through in-house routine real time stability monitoring of Trinity's Captia Syphilis IgM Capture Test Kit, Lot 033, the firm identified a failure of the kit to meet its labeled expiry dating of 6 months.

Code information: Lot 033, expiry date 30 November 2014

Distribution pattern: New York, Florida, Utah, and California plus foreign distribution to Spain and France

Derived failure modes

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    reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0

    Through in-house routine real time stability monitoring of Trinity's Captia Syphilis IgM Capture Test Kit, Lot 033, the firm identified a failure of the kit to meet its labeled expiry dating of 6 months.