FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
Biomerieux Inc: Vitek 2 Gram Positive Susceptibility Test Cards (AST-P641 REF 418590), 20 cards/kit. Product Usage: The VITEK 2 Gram Positive Susceptibility Card is intended for use with VITEK 2 Systems in clinical laboratories as an in vitro test to determine the susceptibility of Staphylococcus spp., Enterococcus spp., and S. agalactiae to antimicrobial agents when used as instructed in the Product Information manual.
- Recall number
- Z-1642-2016
- Recalling firm
- Biomerieux Inc
- Product
- Vitek 2 Gram Positive Susceptibility Test Cards (AST-P641 REF 418590), 20 cards/kit. Product Usage: The VITEK 2 Gram Positive Susceptibility Card is intended for use with VITEK 2 Systems in clinical laboratories as an in vitro test to determine the susceptibility of Staphylococcus spp., Enterococcus spp., and S. agalactiae to antimicrobial agents when used as instructed in the Product Information manual.
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2016-02-24
- Posted
- 2016-05-11
- Terminated
- 2018-03-08
- Reason
- Product insert fails to identify performance limitation related to EUCAST breakpoints for Teicolplanin.
- Root cause
- Labeling Change Control
- Action
- Biomerieux sent an Urgent Product Correction Notice letter via email on February 24, 2016 to affected customers . The letter identified the affected product, problem and actions to be taken. Customers were asked to complete the attached Acknowledgement Form (Attachment A) and return it to Biomerieux, Inc. For questions contact your local bioMrieux representative.
- Quantity
- 3,594 kits
- Distribution
- Foreign distribution in the countries of Czech Republic, Hong Kong (China), Hungary, Japan, Poland, South Africa, Switzerland, and Turkey.
- Lot, serial or model codes
- Lots 741340920 exp. 4/14/16, 741350820 exp. 7/22/16, 741356320 exp. 9/15/16, 741357020 exp. 9/22/16, and 741366820 exp. 12/29/16.
- 510(k) numbers
- not on file
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- LTW
- 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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