FDA Enforcement Class I Terminated

Etest¿ PIP/TAZO/CON-4 PTC 256 - Foam of 100 tests WW. Etest¿ is a quantitative technique for determining the antimicrobial susceptibility of Gram-negative and Gram-positive aerobic bacteria.

Recall: Z-0441-2016 · Reported December 30, 2015

Enforcement

Recall Number
Z-0441-2016
Event ID
72755
Classification
Class I
Status
Terminated
Product Type
Devices
Firm
Biomerieux
Voluntary / Mandated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Initial Notification
Letter
Report Date
December 30, 2015
Initiation Date
November 19, 2015
Classification Date
December 23, 2015
Termination Date
June 19, 2017
Address
69280 Marcy, N/A, Letoile, N/A, N/A, France

Description

Etest¿ PIP/TAZO/CON-4 PTC 256 - Foam of 100 tests WW. Etest¿ is a quantitative technique for determining the antimicrobial susceptibility of Gram-negative and Gram-positive aerobic bacteria.

Reason

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

Code Info

Ref. 521418, Lot numbers: 1004398470, 1004276460, 1004180840, 1003980200, 1003699550, 1003416920, 1003105180, 1002995820, 1002482640, 1002375410, 1002276210 and 1002092270.

Distribution

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.

Quantity

2495 units