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Biomerieux Inc: PREVI Isola System, Catalog numbers 29500 and 29500R, bioMerieux, Inc., Durham, NC. Intended to perform the inoculation and streaking of Prepoured Media (PPM) with liquid microbiological samples.
- Recall number
- Z-0023-2013
- Recalling firm
- Biomerieux Inc
- Product
- PREVI Isola System, Catalog numbers 29500 and 29500R, bioMerieux, Inc., Durham, NC. Intended to perform the inoculation and streaking of Prepoured Media (PPM) with liquid microbiological samples.
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2012-08-28
- Posted
- 2012-10-09
- Terminated
- 2014-09-04
- Reason
- The instrument may not dispense the specimen onto the pre-poured media resulting in a false negative result.
- Root cause
- Labeling design
- Action
- bioMerieux sent an "URGENT PRODUCT CORRECTION NOTICE" letter dated August 28, 2012 to all affected customers. The letter identified the product, problem, and actions to be taken by the customers. An Acknowledgement Form was included for customers to complete and return. Contact Customer Service at 1-800-682-2666 for questions regarding this notice.
- Quantity
- 350 systems
- Distribution
- Worldwide Distribution-USA (nationwide)-including DC and the states of CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MO, NC, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, SC, TX, and WI, and the country of Canada.
- Lot, serial or model codes
- Serial numbers AS180-00001 to AS180-00376.
- 510(k) numbers
- not on file
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- LXG
- Firm FEI
- 1950204
- Firm city
- Hazelwood
- Firm state
- MO
- Firm country
- not on file
Where this comes from
- Register
- FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
- Publisher
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration (openFDA)
- File
- device-recall-0001-of-0001.json.zip
- sha256
- b87518bfe2e8
- Size
- 288210821 bytes
- Published
- 2026-09-28
- Read
- 2026-09-29T08:25:23.626Z
- Source file
- Source file retained · verify
- Refresh due
- 2026-10-06
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