FDA Enforcement
Class II
Terminated
BD BBL BCYE Selective Agar with PAV, Catalog # 297880, packaged in cartons of 10 plates, and labeled in part ***Becton, Dickinson and Company 7 Loveton Circle Sparks, MD 21152 USA 800-638-8663 www.bd.com/ds*** BCYE Selective with PAV is used in qualitative procedures for isolation of Legionella species from clinical specimen and nonclinical (environmental) samples. It is similar to the Edelstein formula, except that the concentration of polymyxin B is reduced by half, and vancomycin is substituted for cefamandole.
Recall: Z-1804-2013
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Reported July 31, 2013
Enforcement
- Recall Number
- Z-1804-2013
- Event ID
- 65614
- Classification
- Class II
- Status
- Terminated
- Product Type
- Devices
- Firm
- Becton Dickinson & Co.
- Voluntary / Mandated
- Voluntary: Firm initiated
- Initial Notification
- Letter
- Report Date
- July 31, 2013
- Initiation Date
- June 6, 2013
- Classification Date
- July 24, 2013
- Termination Date
- September 3, 2013
- Address
- BD Diagnostic Systems, 7 Loveton Circle, Sparks, MD, 21152-0999, United States
Description
BD BBL BCYE Selective Agar with PAV, Catalog # 297880, packaged in cartons of 10 plates, and labeled in part ***Becton, Dickinson and Company 7 Loveton Circle Sparks, MD 21152 USA 800-638-8663 www.bd.com/ds*** BCYE Selective with PAV is used in qualitative procedures for isolation of Legionella species from clinical specimen and nonclinical (environmental) samples. It is similar to the Edelstein formula, except that the concentration of polymyxin B is reduced by half, and vancomycin is substituted for cefamandole.
Reason
Microbiological identification media may exhibit reduced levels of Vancomycin.
Code Info
Lot 3078348 Exp 6/27/13
Distribution
Worldwide distribution: US (nationwide) and countries of:Belgium, Canada, Columbia, Mexico, Singapore, and Taiwan.
Quantity
163 cartons