FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
Qiagen Sciences LLC: FGFR RGQ RT-PCR Kit (RUO, not IVD) REF 8747010
- Recall number
- Z-1652-2022
- Recalling firm
- Qiagen Sciences LLC
- Product
- FGFR RGQ RT-PCR Kit (RUO, not IVD) REF 8747010
- Status
- Open, Classified
- Initiated
- 2022-07-20
- Posted
- not on file
- Terminated
- not on file
- Reason
- Increased occurrence rate of false positive results, lead to a false positive sample result that could subsequently be incorrectly reported from the laboratory. A false positive result could lead to the risk of the patient being exposed to an inappropriate or suboptimal anti-cancer treatment and/or unnecessarily experiencing side effects
- Root cause
- Under Investigation by firm
- Action
- Qiagen issued July 20,2022 letter ( REF 874721) via email (A) US customers: notify customers by Urgent Medical Device Correction Letter; (B) CE customers: notify customers by Urgent Field Safety Notice (C) RUO (not IVD) customers: notify customers by Important Notice. Letter states reason for recall, health risk and action to take: For the continued use of REF 874721 therascreen FGFR RGQ RT-PCR Kit LOT 172017274 , please note the following criteria: Samples with the Overall sample result No Alteration Detected should be regarded as correct and no further actions are needed. Samples with the FGFR Alteration Detected results with Individual target result S249C Mutation Detected can be regarded as correct. This also includes samples with additional alterations detected. All other FGFR Alteration Detected results aside from S249C Mutation Detected should be disregarded and a retest for confirmatory positive result should be performed using the extracted RNA if available, or re-extracted if it is not. The following results should be assigned to the affected samples after the retest: l Retest result is positive for the same target(s)/ alteration(s): regard the result for the corresponding sample as positive. l Retest result is positive for different target(s)/ alteration(s) in the retest compared to the initial result: regard the result as indeterminate. l Retest is negative: the result for the corresponding sample should be regarded as negative l Retested sample is within an invalid run: repeat the run. l Result for individual sample is invalid in the retest: regard the result as indeterminate Forward this information to all individuals and departments within your organization who are using REF 874721 therascreen FGFR RGQ RT-PCR Kit. l If you are not the end user, please forward this notice to the product end user. l Review this notice with your laboratory/medical director. l Complete the Acknowledgement of Receipt Form attached to this letter by 28 July
- Quantity
- 9 kits
- Distribution
- IN, NC, MN, TX Foreign: Belgium, China, Germany, Jordan, Italy, Netherlands, Malaysia, Spain, Thailand
- Lot, serial or model codes
- Lot number: 169047135 Exp Date: 12.06.2022 172017806 Exp. Date: 10.11.2022
- 510(k) numbers
- not on file
- PMA numbers
- ["P180043"]
- Product code
- OWD
- Firm FEI
- 3003572099
- Firm city
- Germantown
- Firm state
- MD
- 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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