Device product
VIDAS LH, Reference Numbers 30406 and 30406-01. Poduct Usage: VIDAS LH is an automated quantitative test for use on the VIDAS family instruments for the determination of human luteinizing hormone in human serum or plasma (lithium heparin), using the ELFA technique (Enzyme Linked Fluorescent Assay)
Z-2588-2018
Product summary
- Firm
- bioMerieux, Inc.
- Event
- Event 80087
- Status
- Terminated
- Classification
- Class II
- Quantity
- 5,429 units
- Official record key
device-enforcement:Z-2588-2018
Official wording
Reason: Several complaints were received for invalid calibration with low calibrator S1 while using VIDAS LH. Internal tests confirmed a decrease of the strips signal overtime for specific lots.
Code information: Reference No. 30406-01, Lot No. 1006041520 (Exp. Date 10/06/2018); Reference No. 30406, Lot No. (Exp. Date): 1005940920 (08/06/2018), 1006041540 (10/06/2018), 1006212740 (12/21/2018), 1006274770 (01/29/2019)
Distribution pattern: Worldwide Distribution - US Nationwide in the state of Arizona and North Carolina. Distributed internationally to Algeria, Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Bosnia-Herz., Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Canada, Chad, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Czech Republic, Djibouti, Dutch Antilles, Ecuador, Egypt, Estonia, Ethiopia, France, Gabon, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Macedonia, Mali, Mauretania, Mexico, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palestine, Panama, Paraguay, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Congo, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tanzania, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uruguay, United Arab Emirates.
Derived failure modes
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Unknown
Several complaints were received for invalid calibration with low calibrator S1 while using VIDAS LH. Internal tests confirmed a decrease of the strips signal overtime for specific lots.