FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
bioMerieux Inc: VITEK GPS-107Gram Positive Susceptibility Card, Catalog #V4368, for in-vitro diagnostic use, 20 cards per package. The responsible firm on the label is bioMerieux, Inc., Durham, NC.
- Recall number
- Z-0721-04
- Recalling firm
- bioMerieux Inc
- Product
- VITEK GPS-107Gram Positive Susceptibility Card, Catalog #V4368, for in-vitro diagnostic use, 20 cards per package. The responsible firm on the label is bioMerieux, Inc., Durham, NC.
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2004-01-28
- Posted
- 2004-07-20
- Terminated
- 2005-04-18
- Reason
- Some of the cards were stamped with an incorrect card code causing the system to read and report the cards incorrectly.
- Root cause
- Other
- Action
- The firm issued recall letters dated 1/28/04 via regular mail requesting remaining inventories be destroyed and explaining the method which the customer can use to confirm the cards were not misreported. A 'Second Notification' recall letter was issued dated 3/9/04.
- Quantity
- 1,988/20-card boxes
- Distribution
- Distribution was made nationwide to medical facilities, which includes military and government consignees. Distribution was also made to foreign consignees located in Colombia, Costa Rica, and China.
- Lot, serial or model codes
- Lot #M83X, Exp. 4/15/05
- 510(k) numbers
- not on file
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- LON
- 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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FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA) (U.S. Food and Drug Administration (openFDA)), device-recall-0001-of-0001.json.zip, sha256 b87518bfe2e8, published 2026-09-28