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Health product recall

Indiko System and Indiko Plus (2013-12-13)

Starting date:
December 13, 2013
Posting date:
November 25, 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, Healthcare Professionals, Hospitals
Identification number:
RA-61202

Affected Products

  • A. Indiko System
  • B. Indiko Plus

Reason

It was reported on October 2013 that the report-to-file function does not work properly and there is potential for sample ID and test results to be mismatched. Investigation of the issue by Thermo Fisher Scientific revealed that the report-to-file function was not being used in Canada at the time.  The software on Canadian analyzers was updated at the time of the reported incident.

Affected products

A. Indiko System

Lot or serial number

863000090129

Model or catalog number
  • 98630000-0
  • 98631000-9
Companies
Manufacturer
Thermo Fisher Scientific Oy
P.O. Box 100, Ratastie 2
Vantaa
01621
FINLAND

B. Indiko Plus

Lot or serial number

864000090124

Model or catalog number

98640000-9
98641000-0

Companies
Manufacturer
Thermo Fisher Scientific Oy
P.O. Box 100, Ratastie 2
Vantaa
01621
FINLAND