Reason: Complaints for Salmonella strains growing on this medium producing an uncharacteristic white colored colony instead of the expected pale pink to mauve colored colonies. This could potentially lead to Salmonella colonies not being detected.
Distributed: Nationwide Distribution.Reason: HemoCue AB has become aware of a production related problem involving punctured HemoCue¿ Urine Albumin Microcuvettes single pack pouches.
Distributed: Worldwide Distribution - Nationwide Distribution including the states of AL, AR, AZ, CA, CA ,CT, FL, GA, HE, ID, IL, IN, LA, MA, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NH, NM, NY, OH, PA, SC,TX, UT, VA, VT, WA and WI., and the countries of Australia, Bahrain, Belarus, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Italy, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mexico, Myanmar, Nigeria, Norway, Omen, Poland, Qatar, Romania, South Africa, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Tanzania, Ukraine, Yemen and Zambia.Reason: PENTAX Medical has become aware of a product issue associated with the OF-B194 Gas/Water Feeding Valve. A manufacturing defect may cause improper stoppage of CO2 gas during an endoscopic procedure with the potential for serious hazard to and/or user.
Distributed: Nationwide Distribution including Arizona, California, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Maryland, Missouri, Missippi, North Carolina, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming.Reason: Firm received reports of difficulty in flushing the graft cover of the delivery system during device preparation as required by IFU.
Distributed: International distribution:Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, It lay, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom.Reason: It has come to the attention of MAQUET that in certain rare instances, the CARDIOHELP-i device may display an error message with audible alarm, indicating "battery defective." The alarm will occur-upon start up or when the main power supply is unplugged from the main power source. The human machine interface touch screen of the CARDIOHELP-i device may gradually become black due to the human machine interface (HMI) back light shutting down.
Distributed: Nationwide Distribution including AZ, FL, CO, TX, OH, VA, MN, WI, SC, IL, ND, UT, CA, OR, NY, IA, CT, SD, MI, HI, AL, MD, KS, MOReason: Cordis identified a printing error on one unit of the Optease Vena Cava Filter, in which the orientation arrow for the femoral approach was printed in the incorrect direction. The error resulted in the filter being implanted upside down, requiring and additional percutaneous procedure to retrieve the filter.
Distributed: Worldwide Distribution - US (nationwide) including Hawaii and Puerto Rico and states of: AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, and WY; and countries of: Canada and Panama.Reason: The low density polyethylene (LDPE) bag used to package implants adheres to the highly polished surface of the devices.
Distributed: Worldwide Distribution: US (nationwide) and countries of: Argentina, Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Germany, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong, India, Israel, Jamaica, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, and Venezula.Reason: The low density polyethylene (LDPE) bag used to package implants adheres to the highly polished surface of the devices.
Distributed: Worldwide Distribution: US (nationwide) and countries of: Argentina, Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Germany, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong, India, Israel, Jamaica, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, and Venezula.Reason: The low density polyethylene (LDPE) bag used to package implants adheres to the highly polished surface of the devices.
Distributed: Worldwide Distribution: US (nationwide) and countries of: Argentina, Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Germany, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong, India, Israel, Jamaica, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, and Venezula.Reason: The low density polyethylene (LDPE) bag used to package implants adheres to the highly polished surface of the devices.
Distributed: Worldwide Distribution: US (nationwide) and countries of: Argentina, Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Germany, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong, India, Israel, Jamaica, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, and Venezula.