Reported Aug 14, 2013 · Terminated

VENTANA (a member of the Roche Group) BenchMark ULTRA; REF/MU 750-600; Research Use Only Product Usage: Research Use…

Ventana Medical Systems 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: Ventana Medical Systems Inc · 1910 E Innovation Park Dr · Oro Valley, AZ · 85755-1962

Is this the product you have?

  • VENTANA (a member of the Roche Group) BenchMark ULTRA; REF/MU 750-600
  • Research Use Only Product UsageResearch Use Only-The DISCOVERY ULTRA Advanced Staining System is intended to automatically stain histological or cytological specimens on microscope slides with specific inununohistochemistry or in situ hybridization reagents
Lot codes and dates
  • 1,055 of 1,055 codes

    • Cat#750-600
    • PN 05342716001
    • Serial #'s: 310724
    • 310735
    • 311187
    • 312055
    • 310373
    • 311052
    • 311171
    • 311953
    • 310750
    • 311266
    • 311267
    • 311564
    • 311565
    • 311596
    • 311304
    • 310481
    • 311924
    • 310607
    • 311627
    • 310527
    • 311436
    • 311742
    • 310132
    • 311432
    • 310034
    • 310408
    • 310687
    • 310697
    • 311343
    • 311958
    • 310728
    • 310778
    • 311991
    • 312070
    • 310471
    • 311326
    • 311952
    • 310103
    • 310777
    • 311446
    • 310924
    • 311303
    • 311528
    • 310490
    • 310913
    • 311529
    • 311494
    • 310139
    • 310281
    • 310465
    • 310275
    • 310617
    • 310665
    • 310716
    • 311853
    • 311871
    • 312137
    • 312101
Amount recalled
1735 instruments

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

Potiential for a waste fluid overflow condition to accur while running decontamination cycles on the BenchMark ULTRA automated staining platform or the DISCOVERY ULTRA automated staining platform. This type of overflow event can lead to migration of fluid across tubing and wiring within the instrument cabinet resulting in contact with electrical circuitry. This may create shorting conditions and u

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 Feb 24, 2016 · Data as of Sep 19, 4:48 PM UTC

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