Reported Aug 14, 2013 · Terminated

bioMerieux Vitek 2 Systems Software version 6.01 software, used with the VITEK 2 automated system. Kit, UPDT V2S…

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

Is this the product you have?

  • bioMerieux Vitek 2 Systems Software version 6.01 software, used with the VITEK 2 automated system. Kit, UPDT V2S 6.01ML2
  • Part number414538. The product is used with the VITEK 2 automated system which consists of instruments, software and reagent cards designed for the identification and antimicrobial susceptibility testing of bacteria and yeast
Lot codes and dates
  • version 6.01
Amount recalled
12,384 total kits

This recall covers 15 products

The agency filed one notice per product. You are reading one of them; the other 14 are below.

2 more are in the archive.

Where it was sold

  • Nationwide

Why it was recalled

A product issue has been identified for customers using software version 6.01 and are interfaced with a Laboratory Information System (LIS). During the update of software from version 5.xx to 6.01, the Bid-directional Computer interface (BCI) antibiotic codes are not updated properly for Cefovecin, Prulifloxacin and Ceftaroline. For the referenced antibiotics, the firm code in the reference table

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 Jun 1, 2015 · Data as of Sep 19, 5:28 PM UTC

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