medical Class II Updated 2026-02-11

Biomerieux Inc recalls VITEK 2 Gram-negative Susceptibility Cards Containing o Pol

Recalled Product

VITEK 2 Gram-negative Susceptibility Cards Containing o Polymyxin B (pb02n) o Ceftazidime/avibactam (cza02n) o Meropenem/Vaborbactam (mev01n) o Imipenem (ipm05n) o Imipenem/Relebactam (ipr01n); CARD NAME/ PRODUCT REFERENCE: AST-N399 423701 AST-N402 423644 AST-N403 423645 AST-N404 423664 AST-N405 423864 AST-N406 423869 AST-N407 423870 AST-N409 423925 AST-N412 423936 AST-N413 423928 AST-N414 423933 AST-N415 423934 AST-N416 423935 AST-N417 423880 AST-N419 423948 AST-N421 424055 AST-N428 424320 AST-N429 424321 AST-N430 424322 AST-N433 424389 AST-N439 424501 AST-N440 424502 AST-N443 424541 AST-N444 424587 AST-N467 424857 AST-N476 424934 AST-N478 425052 AST-N480 425084 AST-N481 425085 AST-N485 425182 AST-N496 425265 AST-N800 423310 AST-N802 423706 AST-N804 424634 AST-N808 424711 AST-N810 424712 AST-N811 424713 AST-N813 424722 AST-N815 425054 AST-XN09 423425 AST-XN15 423829 AST-XN17 423673 AST-XN18 423874 AST-XN20 423947 AST-XN21 424197 AST-XN22 424199 AST-XN23 424198 AST-XN24 424351 AST-XN26 424500 AST-XN28 424586 AST-XN29 424604 AST-XN30 424639 AST-XN31 424640 AST-XN32 424678 AST-XN33 424723 AST-XN34 424752 AST-XN35 424810 AST-XN36 424860 AST-XN37 424888 AST-XN38 425074 AST-XN39 425086 AST-XN40 425095 AST-XN41 425204 AST-XN42 425309


Hazard / Issue

Potential risk of Quality Control failures and/or false resistant antibiotic results when testing isolates of Enterobacterales/Enterobacteriaceae species and/or Pseudomonas aeruginosa with the identified antibiotic formulations. Issue may lead to QC failure or false resistant results.

Issued by

FDA

Distribution: Nationwide (United States)
Lot/Code Info: All lot codes of the identified Gram-negative AST test kits.
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