FDA Recall Terminated

Minutex D-Dimer ; Trinity Biotech plc, Bray, Co. Wicklow, Ireland. Tel: (353) 1 276 9800, Fax: (353) 1 276 9888, Web: www.trinitybiotech.com Minutex D-Dimer is a latex agglutination test for semiquantitative determination of fibrin D-Dimer.

Recall: Z-0030-2012 · Initiated June 13, 2011

Recall

Recall Number
Z-0030-2012
Event Number
59957
Firm
Tcoag Us, Incorporated
FEI Number
3005261996
Product Code
GHH
Status
Terminated
Root Cause
Nonconforming Material/Component
Initiated
June 13, 2011
Posted
October 7, 2011
Terminated
December 11, 2012
Address
330 Waterloo Valley Rd, Budd Lake, NJ, 07828-1395

Description

Minutex D-Dimer ; Trinity Biotech plc, Bray, Co. Wicklow, Ireland. Tel: (353) 1 276 9800, Fax: (353) 1 276 9888, Web: www.trinitybiotech.com Minutex D-Dimer is a latex agglutination test for semiquantitative determination of fibrin D-Dimer.

Reason

There is a performance issue with Minutex D-Dimer Kit which may cause false negative results for patient samples containing levels of greater than 250ng/mL D-Dimer.

Action

The firm,Tcoag US, Incorporated, sent an "Urgent Device Recall" letter dated June 13, 2011 via UPS to its customers. The letter describes the product, problem and actions to be taken. The customers were instructed to immediately examine their inventory and quarantine the products subject to recall; complete and return the attached Product Recall Notification Response Form by June 22, 2011 via fax at 973-775-3085; scrap the products consistent with their laboratory policy and if they have further distributed these products, notify their customers to quarantine and scrap the recalled product. For questions or technical assistance, please call the Tcoag hotline at 1-888-291-0415, option 2 (7.30 am to 6.00 pm Eastern Time).

Distribution

Worldwide distribution: USA (nationwide) and country of: Canada.

Quantity

4409 Units