BIOFIRE Blood Culture Identification 2 (BCID2) Panel when used with: BD BACTEC Lytic Anaerobic medium BD BACTEC Peds Plus medium BD BACTEC Plus Aerobic medium BD BACTEC Plus Anaerobic medium BD BACTEC Standard Aerobic medium BD BACTEC Standard Anaerobic medium The BIOFIRE Blood Culture Identification 2 (BCID2) Panel is a multiplex nucleic acid assay for identification of microorganisms and resistance markers from positive blood cultures.
- Company
- Biofire Diagnostics, Llc
- Recall Initiated
- January 26, 2024
- Posted
- February 15, 2024
- Recall Number
- Z-1139-2024
- Quantity
- 32,910 panels/pouches
- Firm Location
- Salt Lake City, UT
Reason for Recall
Due to a trend in false positive Candida tropicalis results on blood culture panel when using certain BD BACTEC vial mediums
Distribution
Worldwide - U.S. Nationwide distribution including in the states of AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, Guam, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, Puerto Rico, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, and WY. The countries of Andorra, United Arab Emirates, Armenia, Argentina, Austria, Australia, Bosnia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bahrain, Brunei, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Switzerland, Cote D'Ivoire, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Cech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Algeria, Ecuador, Estonia, Egypt, Spain, Finland, France, Gabon, United Kingdom, Georgia, Guadeloupe, Greece, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Honduras, Croatia, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, India, Italy, Jordan, Japan, Korea, Kuwait, Lebanon, Lithuania, Latvia, Morocco, Macedonia, Mali, Mongolia, Macau, Mexico, Malaysia, New Caledonia, Nigeria, Nicaragua, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Oman, Panama, Peru, French Polynesia, Philippines, Pakistan, Poland, St. Pierre/Miquelon, Portugal, Paraguay, Qatar, Reunion, Romania, Serbia, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Singapore, Slovenia, Slovakia, El Salvador, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Taiwan, Uganda, Uruguay, Vatican City, Venezuela, Vietnam, South Africa, and Zimbabwe.
Lot / Code Info
For BioFire Blood Culture Identification 2 (BDID2) Panel Part Number: RFIT-ASY-0147 UDI-DI code: 00815381020338 Lot Numbers: All non-expired BCID2 Panel lots, if used with the BD BACTEC vials including but not limited to, the bottle types listed in Table 1. NOTE: The affected blood culture vial types most likely contain non-viable Candida tropicalis nucleic acid/DNA fragments that can be detected by the BCID2 Panel. Therefore, all lots of the BioFire BCID2 Panel would be affected if they are used with the affected blood culture vials. Neither the BioFire BCID2 test kits nor the BD BACTEC vials have a defect - both products are performing as intended.
Root Cause
Under Investigation by firm
Action Taken
On 01/26/2024, the firm sent an "URGENT: MEDICAL DEVICE RECALL" Letter via overnight FedEx to customers to inform them of the increased risk of false positive Candida tropicalis results when the BIOFIRE BCID2 Panel is used with BD BACTEC blood culture vials including, but not limited to, the bottle types: BD BACTEC" Lytic Anaerobic medium BD BACTEC" Peds Plus medium BD BACTEC" Plus Aerobic medium BD BACTEC" Plus Anaerobic medium BD BACTEC" Standard Aerobic medium BD BACTEC" Standard Anaerobic medium Customers are requested to take the following actions: - If the BIOFIRE BCID2 Panel is used to test BD BACTEC blood culture vials, positive results for Candida tropicalis should be confirmed by another method prior to reporting the test results. - Distribute this information to all appropriate personnel in their laboratory, retain a copy in their files, and forward this information to all parties that may use this product, including others to whom they may have transferred the product. - Complete the Acknowledgement Form in Attachment A and return it to bioMerieux so that bioMerieux may acknowledge their receipt of this notification. It is important that they return the acknowledgement form to bioMerieux even if they determine that this urgent field safety notice does not impact their facility. For questions/assistance contact BIOFIRE Technical Support Team at biofiresupport@biomerieux.com or via telephone at 1-800-735-6544 and select option 5.