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Health product recall

cobas IT Middleware (2014-11-24)

Starting date:
November 24, 2014
Posting date:
December 11, 2014
Type of communication:
Medical Device Recall
Subcategory:
Medical Device
Hazard classification:
Type II
Source of recall:
Health Canada
Issue:
Medical Devices
Audience:
General Public, Healthcare Professionals, Hospitals
Identification number:
RA-42793

Recalled Products

cobas IT Middleware

Reason

There is a potential issue between the cobas IT Middleware (cITM) system and customer laboratory information system (LIS) when spaces are used in the sample ID's. If the LIS sends sample ID with leading spaces to cITM this ID will be saved with spaces, when an instrument sends results back to cITM, since the driver removes these spaces during the transmission, therefore sample ID not found or wrong sample ID association may occur.

Affected products

cobas IT Middleware

Lot or serial number

All Versions

Model or catalog number

06498027001
06498035001

Companies
Manufacturer
Roche Diagnostics GmbH
Sandhofer Strasse 116
Mannheim
68305
GERMANY