FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
Biomerieux Inc: VITEK 2 Gram-Positive identification card (GP), IVD, REF 21342, 20 cards per carton.
- Recall number
- Z-2342-2017
- Recalling firm
- Biomerieux Inc
- Product
- VITEK 2 Gram-Positive identification card (GP), IVD, REF 21342, 20 cards per carton.
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2017-04-20
- Posted
- 2017-05-22
- Terminated
- 2020-07-22
- Reason
- The integrity of the product container may be compromised thereby exposing product to moisture which could lead to antibiotic degradation (loss of potency).
- Root cause
- Packaging
- Action
- The firm posted their recall notification on their customer website on 4/20/2017. The firm sent the recall notification letter to their customers via FedEx on 4/21/2017 for delivery 4/24/2017. A follow-up recall notice will be issued on 5/08/2017 which identified 3 additional lots impacted by the recall.
- Quantity
- 70,261 cartons
- Distribution
- Nationwide distribution in the U.S, including military and government sites. The product was also distributed to Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia - Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroun, Canada, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Dutch Antilles, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, Finland, France, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Uganda, Kuwait, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mali, Malta, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Singapore, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam, and Zimbabwe.
- Lot, serial or model codes
- 2420157103 02/May/18 2420164103 09/May/18 2420169103 14/May/18 2420174203 19/May/18 2420185103 30/May/18 2420198203 12/Jun/18 2420200103 14/Jun/18 2420204103 18/Jun/18 2420205103 19/Jun/18 2420220203 04/Jul/18 2420229203 13/Jul/18 2420239203 23/Jul/18 2420253203 06/Aug/18 2420267103 20/Aug/18 2420290103 12/Sep/18
- 510(k) numbers
- not on file
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- LQL
- 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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