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BioMerieux SA: ETEST XM256 (Cefuroxime), Foam: 506958-506918; SPB: 412304-412305 ETEST is a quantitative technique for determining the antimicrobial susceptibility of Gram-negative and Gram-positive aerobic bacterial such as Enterobacteriaceae, Pseudomonas, Staphylococcus and Enterococcus species and fastidious bacteria
- Recall number
- Z-1226-2017
- Recalling firm
- BioMerieux SA
- Product
- ETEST XM256 (Cefuroxime), Foam: 506958-506918; SPB: 412304-412305 ETEST is a quantitative technique for determining the antimicrobial susceptibility of Gram-negative and Gram-positive aerobic bacterial such as Enterobacteriaceae, Pseudomonas, Staphylococcus and Enterococcus species and fastidious bacteria
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2017-01-18
- Posted
- not on file
- Terminated
- 2020-01-30
- Reason
- Potential performance issues. False Susceptible result instead of Intermediate and False Intermediate result with certain methods.
- Root cause
- Under Investigation by firm
- Action
- BioMerieux sent an Urgent Field Safety Notice electronically on 1/18/2017. The notice included instructions and recommendations for users of the product. The notice included an acknowledgment form to be returned. Customers with questions were instructed to contact their BioMerieux representative. For questions regarding this recall call 919-620-3396.
- Quantity
- 7,160 units
- Distribution
- Worldwide Distribution - US including AZ, AR, CA, CT, DE, DC, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, IA, KY, LA, MD, MA, MI, MS, MO, NE, NH, NJ, NY, NC, ND, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, WA, WV, WI, and Internationally to Algeria, United Arab Emirates, Austria, Australia, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, Chine, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Estonia, France, Greece, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, Uruguay, and Vietnam
- Lot, serial or model codes
- REF 412304 - 1004497830; REF 412305 - 1002884720, 1003028270, 1003075500, 1003383650, 1004018820, 1004497810, 1005161160; REF 506918 - 1002884980, 1003028290, 1003075850, 1003385930, 1003396150, 1004022170, 1004498100, 1005161470; REF 506958 - 1002885010, 1003075540, 103396550, 1004019050, 1004501930, 1005161480
- 510(k) numbers
- ["K990722"]
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- JWY
- Firm FEI
- 1000611339
- Firm city
- Marcy L'Etoile
- Firm state
- not on file
- Firm country
- France
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