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Health product recall

Screen-Cyte 0.8% Reagent Red Blood Cells

Starting date:
June 23, 2017
Posting date:
July 17, 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-63978

Reason

The manufacturer, Medion Grifols Diagnostics, AG, has become aware through their routine vigilance process, that the antigen table provided with this product contains an error. The error affects the Lub antigen in the first cell (donor 0124624) of the screen-cyte 0.8% and screen-cyte p 0.8% antigen panels, Lot 17011. Specifically, the table shows that cell 1 has a negative typing "0" for Lub antigen while the actual value is positive "+."

Affected products

Screen-Cyte 0.8% Reagent Red Blood Cells

Lot or serial number

17011

Model or catalog number

213590
213665

Companies

Manufacturer
Medion Grifols Diagnostics AG
Bonnstrasse 9
Dudingen
3186
SWITZERLAND