Z-2431-2015 Class III Terminated
Recall Details
- Product Type
- Devices
- Report Date
- August 26, 2015
- Initiation Date
- July 27, 2015
- Termination Date
- September 28, 2015
- Voluntary/Mandated
- Voluntary: Firm initiated
- Product Quantity
- 729 kits US, 47 kits ROW.
Product Description
Xpert CT /NG Vaginal/Endocervical/ Specimen Collection Kit: Part number CT/NGSWAB-50; Microbiology: The Cepheid X pert CT /NG Vagina Endocervical/ Specimen Collection Kit is designed to collect, preserve and transport patient Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae DNA in endocervical and vaginal specimens from symptomatic and asymptomatic individuals prior to analysis with the Cepheid Xpert CT/NG Assay.
Reason for Recall
Firm determined that some lots of CT/NG Swab 50 and CT/NG Urine collection kits contain a sub component with an expiry date that is earlier than the kit expiration date.
Distribution Pattern
Worldwide distribution. US nationwide, including North Mariana Islands, Aruba, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Guam, Guatemala, Italy, Malawi, Micronesia Federated States, Panama, San Marino, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, and Zimbabwe.
Code Information
Part number: CT/NGSWAB-50: Lot numbers: 46A202C, 46A202D, 46A202E, 46A202F, 46A202G, Flock swab expires end of July 2015. Kit expires October 2015. Lot numbers 26N121H, and 28N134D.- Cleaning swabs expire end of June 2016. Kits expires November 2016.