Class 3 Device Recall VersaTREK Windows Software, Version 5.4.3

• Date Initiated by Firm: July 23, 2012
• Date Posted: September 06, 2012
• Recall Status: Terminated on June 18, 2013
• Recall Number: Z-2323-2012
• Recall Event ID: 62757
• 510(K)Number: K032306
• Product Classification: System, blood culturing - Product Code MDB
• Product: VersaTREK Windows Software, Version 5.4.3 is a component of the VersaTrek System. The Software CD will be individually packaged using a standard CD plastic case and placed into a standard CD mailer The VersaTREK System is for cultivating and recovering microorganisms, especially bacteria and yeasts, from blood and other normally sterile body fluids.
• Code Information: Software: Cat. 6133-30-3, Version 5.4.3.
• Recalling Firm/ Manufacturer: Trek Diagnostic Systems; 982 Keynote Cir Ste 6; Cleveland OH 44131-1873
• For Additional Information Contact: Earlene C. Parks; 913-985-4185
• Manufacturer Reason for Recall: Review of instrument software databases and investigation of two customer reports determined that on rare occasions (less than 0.3%), following the removal of a positive signaling bottle from the VersaTREK instrument, the positive test result inadvertently reverted to a negative result in the instrument database.
• FDA Determined Cause: Software design
• Action: ThermoFisher Scientific sent an Important Medical Device Product Correction Notice dated July 19, 2012, to all affected customers. The letter identified the product, the problem, and the action to be taken by the customer. Customers were instructed to contact the Technical Service Department at 800-642-7029 to schedule their upgrade and to complete and return the Correction Notice Customer Acknowledgement by fax or in the enclosed return envelope. Customers were also asked to return the checklist. For questions customers were instructed to call 800-642-7029. For questions regarding this recall call 913-985-4185.
• Quantity in Commerce: 333 units
• Distribution: Worldwide Distribution - USA including AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO , CT, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, NC, NE, NJ, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SD, TN, TX, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, and WY. Internationally to the countries of Bahamas, Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, France, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Malaysia, Mexico, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Russian Federation, South Africa, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, and United Kingdom
• Total Product Life Cycle: TPLC Device Report

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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.

• 510(K) Database: 510(K)s with Product Code = MDB