Biomerieux Inc recalls VITEK 2 Gram Negative test kits containing colistin (cs01n)

Hazard / Issue

The investigation demonstrated a high rate of very major errors (resistant isolates calling susceptible) with the VITEK¿ 2 AST-GN colistin (cs01n) compared to agar dilution (the reference method used for cs01n development) and compared to broth-microdilution (recommended method by EUCAST/CLSI).

Issued by

FDA

Affected States: NC

Lot/Code Info: REF # (Description): 418114 (AST-GN94), 22258 (AST-N102), 412605 (AST-N194), 412921 (AST-N199), 412862 (AST-N201), 412863 (AST-N202), 412924 (AST-N205), 412918 (AST-N210), 413061 (AST-N212), 413083 (AST-N222), 413112 (AST-N225), 413171 (AST-N236), 413172 (AST-N237), 413204 (AST-N239), 413205 (AST-N240), 413391 (AST-N242), 413394 (AST-N245), 413397 (AST-N248), 413572 (AST-N249), 413722 (AST-N253), 413724 (AST-N255), 413725 (AST-N256), 413753 (AST-N261), 414164 (AST-N272), 414286 (AST-N276), 414492 (AST-N279), 414531 (AST-N280), 414532 (AST-N281), 414972 (AST-N288), 415063 (AST-N292), 415369 (AST-N293), 415433 (AST-N295), 416005 (AST-N299), 416241 (AST-N300), 416590 (AST-N303), 416913 (AST-N308), 416914 (AST-N309), 417426 (AST-N315), 417952 (AST-N318), 418204 (AST-N320), 418489 (AST-N322), 418513 (AST-N235), 418514 (AST-N326), 418630 (AST-N328), 418631 (AST-N329), 418675 (AST-N331), 418676 (AST-N332), 418985 (AST-N335), 419077 (AST-N338), 419341 (AST-N339), 420063 (AST-N343), 420440 (AST-N344), 420867 (AST-N347), 420856 (AST-N348), 421258 (AST-N352), 421297 (AST-N353), 421350 (AST-N354), 421351 (AST-N355, 421451 (AST-N357), 421441 (AST-N358), 421583 (AST-N360), 421584 (AST-N361), 421585 (AST-N362), 421692 (AST-363), 421693 (AST-N364), 421830 (AST-N365), 421853 (AST-N366), 421854 (AST-N367), 421855 (AST-N368), 410025 (AST-XN01), 413230 (AST-XN05)