VITEK 2 Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (AST) using one or more of these susceptibility products: Catalog # 410028, VITEK 2 AST-ST01 Catalog # 420915, VITEK 2 AST-ST02 Catalog # 421040, VITEK 2 AST-ST03 The VITEK 2 Streptococcus Susceptibility Card is intended for use with the VITEK 2 Systems in clinical laboratories as an in vitro test to determine the susceptibility of S. pneumoniae, beta-hemolytic Streptococcus, and Viridans Streptococcus to antimicrobial agents when used as instructed.
- Company
- Biomerieux, Inc.
- Recall Initiated
- October 22, 2018
- Terminated
- November 4, 2019
- Recall Number
- Z-0618-2019
- Quantity
- 184,374
- Firm Location
- Durham, NC
Reason for Recall
False resistant results for Streptococcus anginosus and Streptococcus constellatus strains were reported.
Distribution
Worldwide Distribution: US (nationwide) to states of: AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NV, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY including Puerto Rico and to countries of:Algeria, Angola, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Sarl, Benin, Bosnia-Herz, Cameroon, Chad, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Dem. Rep. Congo, Egypt, , Georgia, Guam, Ethiopia, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, UAB, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malta, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Niger, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Qatar, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Slovenia, Sri Lanka, Tunisia, Ukraine, Gabon, and Zimbabwe.
Lot / Code Info
Catalog # 410028, VITEK 2 AST-ST01 Catalog # 420915, VITEK 2 AST-ST02 Catalog # 421040, VITEK 2 AST-ST03
Root Cause
Component change control
Action Taken
The Firm, Biomerieux, issued a " URGENT Product Correction Notice" to their consignees informing of the matter and providing certain actions for them to take. Each Notice will be accompanied with an Acknowledge Form which is to be returned to bioMerieux.. The consignees were instructed to take the following action at this time: " Please confirm this letter has been distributed and reviewed by all appropriate personnel within your organization. " Reference your Laboratory Standard Operating Procedures to identify card types and breakpoints used in your facility to determine if your laboratory is impacted by the issue described in this letter. " Reference your Laboratory Standard Operating Procedures to identify if retrospective analysis is required for reported results associated with the referenced limitation. " For systems utilizing EUCAST breakpoints and operating with VITEK 2 Systems Software version 8.01, create a bioART Rule for the referenced limitation associated with Ceftriaxone (cro01n). " Please store this letter with your bioMrieux instrument documentation. -Please complete the attached Acknowledgement Form (Attachment A) and return it to bioMrieux, Inc. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact your local bioMrieux representative or call , Regulatory Quality Compliance Specialist, at 314-731-8805 or email: debra.broyles@biomerieux.com.