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Health product recall

FOLATE III (2016-05-05)

Starting date:
May 5, 2016
Posting date:
May 24, 2016
Type of communication:
Medical Device Recall
Subcategory:
Medical Device
Hazard classification:
Type III
Source of recall:
Health Canada
Issue:
Medical Devices
Audience:
General Public, Hospitals, Healthcare Professionals
Identification number:
RA-58520

Affected products 

  1. FOLATE III

Reason

A situation was reported to Roche regarding Folate III reagent kit lot 189895-01 that was released from the production line and did not contain the reagent nor the pretreatment. The frequency of occurrence is considered to be very lot (less than 0.1%).

Affected products

A. FOLATE III

Lot or serial number

18989501

Model or catalog number

04476433190
255274

Companies
Manufacturer
Roche Diagnostics GMBH
Sandhoferstrasse 116
Mannheim
68305
GERMANY