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Device product

MagSIL (NucliSENS easyMAG Magnetic Silica), Product Usage: The NucliSENS¿ easyMAG¿ system is an in vitro diagnostic medical device and is intended for the automated isolation (purification and concentration) of total nucleic acids (RNA/DNA) from biological specimens.

Z-0976-2017

November 23, 2016

Class I

Product summary

Firm
BioMerieux SA
Event
Event 76026
Status
Terminated
Classification
Class I
Quantity
3723 units in total
Official record key
device-enforcement:Z-0976-2017

Official wording

Reason: A drift of the performance with the BK test (BK virus, worst case application) was observed for some silica batches of Magnetic Silica (MagSil). This is the same issue as in recall Z-2342-2016.

Code information: Reference number: 280133, Lot numbers: Z017KA1MS, Z017KB1MS, Z017LE1MS, Z017MA1MS, Z017NA1MS, Z017NB1MS, Z017NC1MS and Z017ND1MS.

Distribution pattern: Worldwide distribution. US Nationwide; BioMerieux Subsidiaries in: Argentina, Austria, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Switzerland, Chile, Colombia, Czech republic, Germany, Spain, France United Kingdom, Greece, China, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Russia Fed., Sweden, Singapore, Thailand, Turkey, South Africa; Distributors in: Peru, Kenya, Morocco, Serbia, Romania, Uruguay, Latvia, Dutch Antilles, Israel, Georgia, Armenia, Malaysia, Belarus and Direct Customers in: Togo, Djibouti, Burkina Faso, Mongolia, Zimbabwe, Uganda and Iraq.

Derived failure modes

  • Unknown

    reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0

    A drift of the performance with the BK test (BK virus, worst case application) was observed for some silica batches of Magnetic Silica (MagSil). This is the same issue as in recall Z-2342-2016.