FDA recall Z-2817-2018

Product

bioMerieux VITEK 2 Gram Positive Cefoxitin Screen, VITEK 2 Gram Positive AST for Oxacillin, VITEK SYSTEMS General Susceptibility Card Cefotoxin and AST for Oxacillin bioMerieux VITEK 2 AST-P631 bioMerieux VITEK 2 AST-GP67 Test Kit bioMerieux VITEK 2 AST-GP71 Test Kit bioMerieux VITEK 2 AST-GP75 Test Kit bioMerieux VITEK 2 AST-GP78 Test Kit Components for an automated invitro diagnostic system consisting of instruments, software and reagent cards designed for the ID and antimicrobial susceptibility testing of bacteria and yeast.

Reason for recall

Customer reports indicated an increase in the rate of non-detected MRSA in association with the VITEK 2 AST-P631 product.

Distribution

Worldwide distribution. US nationwide including Puerto Rico, Bermuda, Brazil, Canada, China, Curacao, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, France, Guatemala, Indonesia, Israel, Hong Kong, South Korea, South Africa, Mexico, Myanmar, Nicaragua, Peru, Philippines, Paraguay, Singapore, Thailand, El Salvador, and Vietnam.

Key facts

Status

Terminated

Initiation date

2018-01-26

Report date

2018-08-29

Termination date

2019-05-20

Voluntary/Mandated

Voluntary: Firm initiated

Location

Durham, NC, United States

Primary source

https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/ires/index.cfm?Product=Z-2817-2018