FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
Biomerieux Inc: VITEK 2 Gram Streptococcus Susceptibility card (AST-ST01), REF 410028, 20 cards per carton.
- Recall number
- Z-2372-2017
- Recalling firm
- Biomerieux Inc
- Product
- VITEK 2 Gram Streptococcus Susceptibility card (AST-ST01), REF 410028, 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
- 19,398 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
- 5400115203 21/Mar/18 5400122223 28/Mar/18 5400136203 11/Apr/18 5400136223 11/Apr/18 5400136243 11/Apr/18 5400143203 18/Apr/18 5400192203 06/Jun/18 5400192223 06/Jun/18 5400192243 06/Jun/18 5400199203 13/Jun/18 5400216203 30/Jun/18 5400221203 05/Jul/18 5400238203 22/Jul/18 5400238223 22/Jul/18 5400238243 22/Jul/18 5400262223 15/Aug/18 5400269203 22/Aug/18 5400276203 29/Aug/18 5400276213 29/Aug/18 5400283203 05/Sep/18 5400283213 05/Sep/18
- 510(k) numbers
- not on file
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- LON
- 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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