Reported Sep 26, 2018 · Terminated

VITEK(R) 2 AST-P640, For susceptibility testing of Staphylococcus spp. Enterococcus spp., ad S agalactiae against…

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. · 100 Rodolphe St · Durham, NC · 27712-9402

Is this the product you have?

  • VITEK(R) 2 AST-P640, For susceptibility testing of Staphylococcus spp. Enterococcus spp., ad S agalactiae against specified antimicrobials
  • REF 418579 Product UsageVITEK¿ 2 is an automated system consisting of instruments, software and reagent cards designed for the identification and antimicrobial susceptibility testing of bacteria and yeast. The VITEK¿ 2 utilizes growth-based biochemical patterns to determine identification. The VITEK¿ 2 provides minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) results for most organism/drug combinations as well as a category interpretation (S, I, or R) consistent with accepted criteria
Lot codes and dates
  • Lot Numbers
    • 7400410103
    • 7400697403
Amount recalled
2538 cartons

This recall covers 2 products

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

Where it was sold

  • Nationwide

Why it was recalled

Routine internal review of Device History Records identified six VITEK(R) 2 AST card lots were manufactured with less drug (gentamicin) than required for the Gentamicin High-Level Resistance (ghlr01n) screen test due to an error when making 1500mL and 2000mL media well preparations (solutions).

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 Nov 2, 2020 · Data as of Sep 19, 5:31 PM UTC

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