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Health product recall

Roche Hitachi - Salicylate

Starting date:
February 2, 2017
Posting date:
February 27, 2017
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-62376

Reason

During the production of the salicylate reagent, it was noticed that the temperature storage information on the label of the R2 bottle has a wrong storage temperature indication 2-8 degrees celcius instead of 15-25 degrees celcius. The salicylate kit box storage indication is correctly indicated.

Affected products

Roche Hitachi - Salicylate

Lot or serial number

61557101

Model or catalog number

11815172216

Companies

Manufacturer
Roche Diagnostics GMBH
Sandhoferstrasse 116
Mannheim
68305
GERMANY