FDA Recall Terminated

GasPak EZ Large Incubation Container, a component of the GasPak EZ Gas Generating Container System, catalog # 260672, labeled in part ***Becton Dickinson and Company Loveton Circle Sparks, MD 21152 USA***

Recall: Z-0480-2011 · Initiated August 13, 2010

Recall

Recall Number
Z-0480-2011
Event Number
57023
Firm
Becton Dickinson & Co. BD Diagnostic Systems
FEI Number
1119779
Product Code
KZJ
Status
Terminated
Root Cause
Nonconforming Material/Component
Initiated
August 13, 2010
Posted
November 26, 2010
Terminated
January 5, 2011
Address
7 Loveton Circle, Sparks, MD, 21152-0999

Description

GasPak EZ Large Incubation Container, a component of the GasPak EZ Gas Generating Container System, catalog # 260672, labeled in part ***Becton Dickinson and Company Loveton Circle Sparks, MD 21152 USA***

Reason

In vitro diagnostic reagent containers may be defective and could cause incorrect test results in patient samples.

Action

BD Diagnostic Systems issued an Urgent Product Recall letter dated August 2010 to consignees. Consignees were advised of the defect and were requested to discard product for replacement. Distributors were additionally requested to provide distribution lists of end users for direct BD notification. Accounts were requested to return a response form. BD Customer Service can be contacted at 800 675-0908, and BD Technical Services can be contacted at 800-638-8663.

Distribution

Worldwide Distribution: USA and the countries of Australila, Belgium, Canada, India, Mexico, New Zealand. Singapore, and South Korea,

Quantity

496 units