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Health product recall

Spot-Light Tissue Pretreatment Kit

Starting date:
November 10, 2016
Posting date:
December 13, 2016
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-61388

Reason

Thermo Fisher Scientific received a customer complaint for Spotlight Tissue Pre-treatment Kit (Lot# 1714439A) which caused sample over-pepsinization. The investigation revealed four lots of Spotlight Tissue Pre-treatment kit contained an incorrectly formulated kit component (reagent 2). Data entry errors made during the reagent 2 manufacturing process caused an incorrect amount of pepsin to be added to the component.

Affected products

Spot-Light Tissue Pretreatment Kit

Lot or serial number

  • 1667961A
  • 1713166A
  • 1714439A
  • 1763308A

Model or catalog number

  • 10190302000048

Companies

Manufacturer
Life Technologies Corp. (Invitrogen)
7335 Executive Way
Frederick
21704
Maryland
UNITED STATES