Reported Apr 15, 2015 · Terminated

Vitek 2 AST-P640 REF 418 579 Gram Positive Susceptibility Card, 20 cards per container, IVD. Intended for use with the…

Biomerieux Inc.

Low riskThis product is unlikely to cause harm, but it breaks a safety or labelling rule.

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: Biomerieux Inc · 595 Anglum Rd · Hazelwood, MO · 63042-2320

Is this the product you have?

  • Vitek 2 AST-P640 REF 418 579 Gram Positive Susceptibility Card, 20 cards per container, IVD. Intended for use with the Vitek 2 Systems in clinical laboratories as an in vitro test to determine the susceptibility of Staphylococcus spp., Enterococcus spp., and S. agalactiae.
Lot codes and dates
    • lot 740340920
    • expiration 14APR16
    • lot 740350820
    • expiration 22JUL16
Amount recalled
2053 cartons

This recall covers 3 products

The agency filed one notice per product. You are reading one of them; the other 2 are below.

Why it was recalled

The outer carton label and package insert for the recalled product incorrectly lists Streptococcus pneumoniae as an organism for intended use.

This product is unlikely to cause harm, but it breaks a safety or labelling rule.

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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 22, 2017 · Data as of Sep 19, 4:44 PM UTC

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