Reported Jun 20, 2018 · Terminated

The PREVI¿ Color Gram dyes are used with the PREVI¿ Color Gram instrument to stain bacterial and fungal microorganisms…

BioMerieux SA

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 SA · Chemin De L'Orme · Marcy L'Etoile, N/A · N/A

Is this the product you have?

  • The PREVI¿ Color Gram dyes are used with the PREVI¿ Color Gram instrument to stain bacterial and fungal microorganisms for direct examination, according to Gram s method. The PREVI¿ Color Gram instrument sprays the PREVI¿ Color Gram reagents onto microscope slides which have been smeared with specimens to be examined. The staining procedure is rapid and precise. Each reagent has a specific position (A, B, C, D, E) on the PREVI¿ Color Gram platform that is also indicated on the reagent label. An automated slide stainer is a device used to stain histology, cytology, and hematology slides for diagnosis.
Lot codes and dates

4 of 4 products

Products covered by this recall
Model / numberProduct as published
29524Lot number: G59407 Exp. 15-Aug-18 CRYSTAL VIOLET-C ( )
29522Lot number: G52306 Exp.19-Jul-18 FUCHSIN-A ( )
Lot Number
Lot number: F89544 Exp. 13-Apr-18
Amount recalled
FUCHSIN-A (ref: 29522) 15 eaches; IODINE-B (ref: 29523) 10 eaches ; CRYSTAL VIOLET-C (ref: 29524) 10 eaches

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

A shipment to Guadeloupe suffered a temperature excursions up to 47.8¿C, exceeding the acceptable limits. After detection of the issue, Global Supply Chain QA asked the bioM¿rieux distributor in Guadeloupe to put products in quarantine in July 2017; After several reminders, the distributor informed in November 2017 that products were delivered to customers.

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 23, 2020 · Data as of Sep 19, 5:20 PM UTC

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