Reported Oct 31, 2012 · Terminated

AdvanDx GNR Traffic Light PNA FISH, In Vitro Diagnostic for Culture Identification Kit for Escherichia coli,and/or…

Advandx Inc.

Moderate riskThis product could cause temporary or reversible health problems — stop using it.

What you should do

Stop using the affected lot and contact the recalling firm for the return or refund process. Check the FDA enforcement report for lot-level detail.

Firm contact: Advandx Inc · 400 Tradecenter · Woburn, MA · 01801

Is this the product you have?

  • AdvanDx GNR Traffic Light PNA FISH, In Vitro Diagnostic for Culture Identification Kit for Escherichia coli,and/or Klebsiella pneumoniae and/or
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa Catalog numberKT011. GNR Traffic Light PNA FISH is a multicolor, qualitative nucleic acid hybridization assay intended for the identification of Escherichia coli,and/or Klebsiella pneumoniae and/or Pseudomonas aeruginosa on smears from positive blood cultures containing Gram-negative rods observed on Gram stain. Sub-culturing of positive blood cultures is necessary to recover organisms for susceptibility testing and/or differentiation of mixed growth. The GNR Traffic Light PNA FISH assay is indicated for use as an aid in the diagnosis of coli, and/or K. pneumoniae, and/or P. aeruginosa bacteremia
Lot codes and dates
  • Lot Numbers02012A-US Exp
  • Date
    • 4-2014
    • 0812A-US Exp
  • Date
    • 12-2013
    • 01212A-EU Exp
  • Date4-2012 00712A-EU Exp
  • Date12-2013
Amount recalled
187 kits

This recall covers 2 products

The agency filed one notice per product. You are reading one of them; the other one is below.

Where it was sold

  • Nationwide

Why it was recalled

GNR Traffic Light PNA Fish may have false positive results with Pseudomonas putida and Pseudomonas fulva

This product could cause temporary or reversible health problems — stop using it.

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Where this came from

Source: U.S. Food & Drug Administration (openFDA)

Read the FDA (openFDA device enforcement) notice

Notice updated Mar 5, 2013 · Data as of Sep 19, 5:31 PM UTC

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