FDA Enforcement Class III Terminated

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.

Recall: Z-0819-2015 · Reported December 24, 2014

Enforcement

Recall Number
Z-0819-2015
Event ID
69827
Classification
Class III
Status
Terminated
Product Type
Devices
Firm
Clark Laboratories, Inc. (dba,Trinity Biotech USA)
Voluntary / Mandated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Initial Notification
E-Mail
Report Date
December 24, 2014
Initiation Date
November 17, 2014
Classification Date
December 16, 2014
Termination Date
May 24, 2016
Address
2823 Girts Rd, N/A, Jamestown, NY, 14701-9666, United States

Description

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.

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 Info

Lot 033, expiry date 30 November 2014

Distribution

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

Quantity

Domestic: 9 kits; Foreign: 26 kits