Date Initiated by Firm |
June 06, 2019 |
Create Date |
August 28, 2019 |
Recall Status1 |
Terminated 3 on May 11, 2020 |
Recall Number |
Z-2410-2019 |
Recall Event ID |
83177 |
Product Classification |
Radioimmunoassay, progesterone - Product Code JLS
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Product |
DRG Salivary Progesterone HS ELISA- IVD for the determination of progesterone in human saliva REF: SLV-5911 in vitro diagnostic |
Code Information |
Lot Number:315K029 |
Recalling Firm/ Manufacturer |
DRG Instruments GmbH Frauenbergstr. 18 Marburg Germany
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Manufacturer Reason for Recall |
Salivary Progesterone assay may observe a higher percentage of samples with low results. Saliva samples in the low measuring range of the kit {< 20 pg/ml) were assayed and producing a significantly lower result.
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FDA Determined Cause 2 |
Under Investigation by firm |
Action |
DRG International issued notification letter via email dated 5/22/19 advising of the problem, health risk and Action to be taken by Distributors and End-users:
1. We kindly ask you to immediately examine your stock and promptly quarantine
these products. 2. Please send back or discard all unused kits
3. Please use the attached response form, fill, sign and send back to us
4. Please inform your customers and forward this letter and notice to persons who received the affected lot and request they fill out the form and return at once.
5. Patient samples that have been determined with the affected lot should be
checked again carefully. If results are lower than expected samples should be re-run again. 6. Please tell us if you have experienced any problem with this lot and specify the details.
Reply to DRG (email: qa@drg-international.com and copy drgsupport.@drginternational.com). |
Quantity in Commerce |
8 Kits |
Distribution |
Distribution to Canada |
Total Product Life Cycle |
TPLC Device Report
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1 A record in this database is created when a firm initiates a correction or removal action. The record is updated if the FDA identifies a violation and classifies the action as a recall, and it is updated for a final time when the recall is terminated. Learn more about medical device recalls.
2 Per FDA policy, recall cause determinations are subject to modification up to the point of termination of the recall.
3 For details about termination of a recall see Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Title 21 §7.55.
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