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Device product

VIDAS D-Dimer Exclusion II, an automated quantitative test for use on instruments of the VIDAS family for the immunoenzymatic determination of fibrin degradation products in human plasma using the Enzyme Linked Fluorescent Assay technique. Also indicated for use in conjunction with clinical pretest probability assessment model to exclude DVT and PE disease.

Z-2232-2014

April 17, 2013

Class II

Product summary

Firm
BioMerieux SA
Event
Event 68747
Status
Terminated
Classification
Class II
Quantity
2160 units
Official record key
device-enforcement:Z-2232-2014

Official wording

Reason: Customer complaints about not repeatable results below the detection limit (<45 ng/mL). Therefore false negatives are being reported for results around the medical decision point of 500 ng/mL that initially tested at <45 ng/mL.

Code information: Reference 304551-01 - Lots 1001625210, Exp. date 8/8/20123; 1001715580, Exp. date 9/26/2013; 1001711530, Exp. date 9/11/2013; 1001789540, Exp. date 10/29/2013; 1001932680, Exp. date 12/12/2013

Distribution pattern: AL, AR, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, ME, MA, MI, MN, MO, MT, NE, NH, NJ, NY, NC, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VT, VA, WA, WV, WI, WY

Derived failure modes

  • Unknown

    reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0

    Customer complaints about not repeatable results below the detection limit (<45 ng/mL). Therefore false negatives are being reported for results around the medical decision point of 500 ng/mL that initially tested at <45 ng/mL.