Reported Apr 14, 2021 · Terminated

BD BBL Martin-Lewis Agar, 100 Ea - Product Usage: used for the isolation of pathogenic Neisseria from specimens…

Becton Dickinson & Co.

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: Becton Dickinson & Co. · 7 Loveton Cir · Sparks, MD · 21152-9212

Is this the product you have?

  • BD BBL Martin-Lewis Agar, 100
  • Ea - Product Usageused for the isolation of pathogenic Neisseria from specimens containing mixed flora of bacteria and fungi
  • Catalog Number221558
Lot codes and dates
  • Lot Numbers
    • 0317559 Exp. Date 2021-MAR-11
    • 0345695 Exp
  • Date 2021-APR-06 UDI01)30382902215586 (10)0317559(17)031121 (30)0100 (01)30382902215586 (10)0345695(17)040621 (30)0100
Amount recalled
15550 EA

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

Products show heavy growth of C. albicans after 24 hours of incubation due to misformulation (expected reaction is partial inhibition after 18-48 hours incubation) and reduce the identification of Neisseria contributing to a delay in time to definitive diagnosis or a delay in proper treatment

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 Aug 5, 2022 · Data as of Sep 19, 5:43 PM UTC

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