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Vitek MS (2013-10-07)
- Starting date:
- October 7, 2013
- Posting date:
- November 25, 2013
- 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-36859
Recalled products
A. Vitek MS
Reason
Some issues have been reported when firmware version 3.13 was installed on systems equipped with the old transient recorder (TR) board (Ref. 6200350). Extenisve testing has proven that firmware 3.13 may potentially cause an instrument to freeze or hang during acquisition when installed with the old tr board, with a risk repeated results for different spots.
Affected products
A. Vitek MS
Lot or serial number
Serial numbers below 50039 and above 60000 are affected (exception 50050 is also affected).
Model or catalog number
- 410710
- 410895
Companies
- Manufacturer
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Biomerieux SA
chemin de l'Orme
Marcy l'Etoile
69280
FRANCE