Reported Sep 18, 2013 · Terminated

Microscan plus Negative Breakpoint Combo 4 Sold outside of US only. Product Usage: MicroScan¿ Synergies plus¿ Panels…

Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, 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: Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Inc. · 2040 Enterprise Blvd · West Sacramento, CA · 95691-3427

Is this the product you have?

  • Microscan plus Negative Breakpoint Combo 4 Sold outside of US only
  • Product UsageMicroScan¿ Synergies plus¿ Panels & MicroScan¿ Rapids plus (Negative) - For use in determining quantitative and/or qualitative antimicrobial agent susceptibility and/or identification for gram-negative bacteria
Lot codes and dates
    • Internal Number - B1016-203
    • Catalog Number - 10460272
Amount recalled
57,600 panels in total

This recall covers 11 products

The agency filed one notice per product. You are reading one of them; the other 10 are below.

Where it was sold

Why it was recalled

Stop using this product now

Confirmed increase in false susceptible and false intermediate misreads for Imipenem and/or meropenum on Synergies plus Negative and rap ID/S plus Negative panels read on Walk Away System.

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 May 15, 2014 · Data as of Sep 19, 5:27 PM UTC

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