Reported May 18, 2016 · Terminated

Vitek 2 Gram Positive Susceptibility Test Cards (AST-P644 REF 418673), 20 cards/kit. Product Usage: The VITEK 2 Gram…

Biomerieux Inc.

High riskUsing this product could cause serious injury, illness or death — stop using it now.

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 Gram Positive Susceptibility Test Cards (AST-P644 REF 418673), 20 cards/kit
  • Product UsageThe VITEK 2 Gram Positive Susceptibility Card is intended for use with VITEK 2 Systems in clinical laboratories as an in vitro test to determine the susceptibility of Staphylococcus spp., Enterococcus spp., and S. agalactiae to antimicrobial agents when used as instructed in the Product Information manual
Lot codes and dates
    • Lots 744357740 exp. 9/29/16
    • 744383620 exp. 6/15/17
    • and 744389320 exp. 8/11/17
Amount recalled
5,575 kits

This recall covers 9 products

The agency filed one notice per product. You are reading one of them; the other 8 are below.

Why it was recalled

Stop using this product now

Product insert fails to identify performance limitation related to EUCAST breakpoints for Teicolplanin.

Using this product could cause serious injury, illness or death — stop using it now.

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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 8, 2018 · Data as of Sep 19, 5:19 PM UTC

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