FilmArray Blood Culture Identification (BCID) panel (2020-01-23)

Starting date:

January 23, 2020

Posting date:

February 7, 2020

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-72267

Last updated: 2020-02-07

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  Reason
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  Affected products

Affected Products

FilmArray Blood Culture Identification (BCID) panel

Reason

Biofire Diagnostics, LLC has identified an increased risk of false positive proteus results when the FilmArray Blood Culture Identification (BCID) panel is used with specific Bact/Alert blood culture bottles.

Affected products