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Health product recall

VANCOMYCIN ASSAYS (2015-09-04)

Starting date:
September 4, 2015
Posting date:
October 5, 2015
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-55212

Affected Products

  1. VANC2 (ONLINE TDM VANCOMYCIN FOR ROCHE/HITACHI COBAS C 311 AND C 701/702 SYSTEMS
  2. VANC2 (ONLINE TDM VANCOMYCIN FOR ROCHE/HITACHI COBAS C 311 AND C 501/502 SYSTEMS
  3. VANCOMYCIN (ONLINE TDM VANCOMYCIN FOR ROCHE/HITACHI 912 AND MODULAR P ANALYZERS)

Reason

An inaccurately low result was reported for a Vancomycin patient sample on Cobas C501. This was confirmed by Roche. Detailed investigations revealed that the sample contains a component which inhibits the drug labeled enzyme glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (Vanc-G6PDH) in the emit assay.

Affected products

A. VANC2 (ONLINE TDM VANCOMYCIN FOR ROCHE/HITACHI COBAS C 311 AND C 701/702 SYSTEMS

Lot or serial number

All lots.

Model or catalog number
  • 5842310190
Companies
Manufacturer
Roche Diagnostics GMBH
Sandhoferstrasse 116
Mannheim
68305
GERMANY

B. VANC2 (ONLINE TDM VANCOMYCIN FOR ROCHE/HITACHI COBAS C 311 AND C 501/502 SYSTEMS

Lot or serial number

All lots.

Model or catalog number
  • 4491050190
Companies
Manufacturer
Roche Diagnostics GMBH
Sandhoferstrasse 116
Mannheim
68305
GERMANY

C. VANCOMYCIN (ONLINE TDM VANCOMYCIN FOR ROCHE/HITACHI 912 AND MODULAR P ANALYZERS)

Lot or serial number

All lots.

Model or catalog number
  • 4642481190
  • 4642490190
Companies
Manufacturer
Roche Diagnostics GMBH
Sandhoferstrasse 116
Mannheim
68305
GERMANY