Reported Aug 20, 2014 · Terminated

Verigene BC-GN Test Kit (Catalog number 20-005-021) includes: 1) 20 Verigene BC-GN Test Cartridges. Each Test Cartridge…

Nanosphere, 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: Nanosphere, Inc. · 4088 Commercial Ave · Northbrook, IL · 60062-1829

Is this the product you have?

  • Verigene BC-GN Test Kit (Catalog
  • number 20-005-021) includes1) 20 Verigene BC-GN Test Cartridges. Each Test Cartridge comes preloaded with all required reaction solutions, including wash solutions, oligonucleotide probe solution and signal amplification solutions required to generate a test result. BC-GN is indicated for use in conjunction with other clinical and laboratory findings to aid in the diagnosis of bacterial bloodstream infections; however, is not used to monitor these infections
Lot codes and dates
  • VERIGENE BC-GN TEST KIT (Catalog Number20-005-021)
  • TEST CARTRIDGESPart
  • Number20-006-021
  • Lot Number042914021B
  • Expiration Date10/26/14
Amount recalled
1045 extraction trays (840 affected by recall)

This recall covers 3 products

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

Where it was sold

Why it was recalled

Nanosphere Inc. has recently determined through four customer complaints that a small number of Verigene Gram-Negative Blood Culture Nucleic Acid Test (BC-GN) Extraction Trays in Lot 042914021B have low levels or are missing Magnetic Microparticles (MMPs) required for DNA Extraction.

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 Sep 1, 2015 · Data as of Sep 19, 4:47 PM UTC

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