| Date Initiated by Firm | April 30, 2025 |
| Date Posted | May 29, 2025 |
| Recall Status1 |
Open3, Classified |
| Recall Number | Z-1877-2025 |
| Recall Event ID |
96835 |
| Product Classification |
Respiratory virus panel nucleic acid assay system - Product Code OCC
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| Product | BioFire Respiratory Panel 2.1 plus Kit, REF: 423740, For Filmarray systems |
| Code Information |
Lot# 1475424/ UDI: None |
| FEI Number |
3002773840
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Recalling Firm/ Manufacturer |
BioFire Diagnostics, LLC 515 S Colorow Dr Salt Lake City UT 84108-1248
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| For Additional Information Contact | Customer Support Department 1800-736-6354 Ext. 5 |
Manufacturer Reason for Recall | Due to manufacturing error, respiratory panel may result in elevated control failures and/or false negative results. |
FDA Determined Cause 2 | Under Investigation by firm |
| Action | On April 30, 2025, Biomerieux issued a "Urgent Field Safety Notice" to affected consignees via email. Biomerieux asked consignees to take the following actions:
1. Immediately examine your inventory for the lot identified in this field safety notice.
2. Discontinue use and discard any remaining product from this lot in your possession.
3. As previously confirmed discontinued use of product, please confirm the amount of kits destroyed on the attached Acknowledgement of Receipt Form.
4. If you have further distributed this product, please identify any recipients and notify them at once.
5. Please complete the accompanying Acknowledgement of Receipt Form and return to bioMrieux so that bioMrieux may acknowledge your receipt of this notification.
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| Quantity in Commerce | 30 kits |
| Distribution | International distribution in the country of Singapore. |
| 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 The manufacturer has initiated the recall and not all products have been corrected or removed. This record will be updated as the status changes.
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