FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
bioMerieux, Inc.: BacT/ALERT SA Blood Culture Bottle. The BacT/ALERT SA reagent bottle is intended to be recover and detect aerobic microorganisms (bacteria and fungi) from blood and other normally sterile body fluids.
- Recall number
- Z-0738-2013
- Recalling firm
- bioMerieux, Inc.
- Product
- BacT/ALERT SA Blood Culture Bottle. The BacT/ALERT SA reagent bottle is intended to be recover and detect aerobic microorganisms (bacteria and fungi) from blood and other normally sterile body fluids.
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2012-12-25
- Posted
- 2013-01-25
- Terminated
- 2014-06-03
- Reason
- BacT/ALERT SA Culture Bottle lot 1031866 may contain bottles with uncured sensors.
- Root cause
- Nonconforming Material/Component
- Action
- bioMerieux sent an "URGENT PRODUCT REMOVAL NOTICE" and Acknowledgement Form on January 4, 2013 to all affected customers. The letter identified the product, problem, and actions to be taken by the customers. Contact your local bioMerieux Customer Service Representative for additional assistance.
- Quantity
- 1690 cases
- Distribution
- Worldwide Distribution.USA including the states of AR, AZ, CA, CO, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MD, MI, MN, MO, NC, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, WI, and WV, and the countries of China, Curacao and Japan.
- Lot, serial or model codes
- Catalog Number: 259789, Lots/Batch: 1031866
- 510(k) numbers
- ["K020931"]
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- MDB
- Firm FEI
- 3002769706
- Firm city
- Durham
- Firm state
- NC
- 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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