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The Verigene Respiratory Virus Plus Nucleic Acid Test (RV+) on the Verigene System is a qualitative nucleic acid multiplex test intended to simultaneously detect and identify multiple respiratory virus nucleic acids in nasopharyngeal (NP) swab specimens from individuals with signs and symptoms of respiratory tract infection. The following virus types and subtypes are identified using the RV+: Influenza A, Influenza A subtype H1, Influenza A subtype H3, 2009 H1N1, Influenza B, Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) subtype A, and RSV subtype B. The test is not intended to detect Influenza C virus. Detecting and identifying specific viral nucleic acids from individuals exhibiting signs and symptoms of respiratory infection aids in the diagnosis of respiratory viral infection, if used in conjunction with other clinical and laboratory findings. Negative results for Influenza A, Influenza B, or RSV do not preclude influenza virus or RSV infection and should not be used as the sole basis for diagnosis, treatment, or patient management decisions. Conversely, positive results do not rule-out bacterial infection or co-infection with other viruses. The agent detected may not be the definite cause of disease. The use of additional laboratory testing and clinical presentation must be considered in order to obtain the final diagnosis of respiratory viral infection. Performance characteristics for Influenza A Virus were established when Influenza A/H3, A/H1, and 2009 H1N1 were the predominant Influenza A viruses circulating. These characteristics may vary when other Influenza A viruses are emerging. If infection with a novel Influenza A virus is suspected based on current clinical and epidemiological screening criteria recommended by public health authorities, specimens should be collected with appropriate infection control precautions used specifically for novel virulent influenza viruses and sent to state or local health department for testing. Viral culture should not be attempted in these cases unless a BSL 3+ facility is available to receive and culture specimens.

Nanosphere

Class I - Dangerous

Nanosphere has received several reports relating to an increased rate of Processing Errors during procedures performed on the Processor SP caused by Tips in Tip Holder Assemblies for the following products and lots of Extraction Trays.

Oct 10, 2013 Diagnostic Equipment Nationwide View Details →

Minstrel (with scale) Product Usage: is a mobile passive hoist. It is intended for lifting and transporting adult residents on horizontal floors in hospitals, nursing homes or other health care facilitates. The Minstrel device aids in the lifting, transfer and lowering to safe position, of a patient. This is accomplished by placing a sling under the patient, and attaching the sling to a spreader bar that is connected to a lifting arm jig via a connection to the spreader bar that allows a swiveling up-down movement. Using battery power, an actuator then powers the lifting arm upwards so that the patient in the sling is lifted from, typically, a bed or chair.

ARJOHUNTLEIGH POLSKA Sp. z.o.o.

Class I - Dangerous

ArjoHuntleigh received three reports where the bolt under the scale unscrewed from the scale. There is a remote risk concerning the bolt unscrewing from the scale. When the scale and bolt parts are not correctly serviced, or when they receive a sharp blow during or outside of use, it is possible the bolt holding the spreader bar to the scale could unscrew during subsequent use. As a result, the sp

Jul 28, 2014 Infusion Pumps Nationwide View Details →

UltraStream Peel Away Kit; Model Numbers 32401524 (24 cm), 32401528 (28cm), 32401532 (32 cm), and 32401536 (36 cm) and 32402540 (40 cm) The Rex Medical UltraStream Chronic Hemodialysis Catheter is a chronic hemodialysis catheter that can achieve high flow rates at low arterial pressure.

Argon Medical Devices

Class I - Dangerous

UltraStream Chronic Hemodialysis Catheter may develop cracks on the red (arterial) luer during attachment or manipulation.

Jun 5, 2014 Surgical Instruments Nationwide View Details →

DePuy Synthes TI Vectra Plates: TI Vectra-One" Plate 2 Level / 34 mm part 04.613.184 3337672 TI Vectra" Plate 3 Level / 57 mm part 04.613.257 lot 3693878 TI Vectra" Plate 4 Level / 64 mm part 04.613.364 lot 8143905

Synthes

Class I - Dangerous

DePuy Synthes is initiating a voluntary medical device recall of certain lots of the TI Vectra Plates, which is a part of the DePuy Synthes Vectra Anterior Cervical Plate Family of Systems. The Vectra Systems are intended for anterior screw fixation to the cervical spine (C2-C7). It was discovered in certain lots, that the clips are potentially missing from the TI Vectra Plates resulting in the i

Sep 2, 2014 Other Medical Devices View Details →

The synthetic non-absorbable surgical sutures CARDIOFLON Evolution are composed of polyester [poly(ethylene terephtalate)] braids, coated, with or without PLEDGETS of different sizes. CARDIOFLON Evolution sutures are green dyed (D&C green # 6, CI 61565) and white (undyed). Some packs are composed of green and white braids to facilitate location during use. CARDIOFLON Evolution sutures comply with the requirements of the United States Pharmacopoeia (USP) and the European Pharmacopoeia (EP) for non-absorbable surgical sutures, except for some diameters. Type of packaging: - Unit: Sutures are packed in a support card Onepak or in a pack under an external polyethylene/ paper peel pouch. - Box: 36 units for single or double armed (36 sutures), 24 units of ligatures (24 reels), 12 packs for double armed (10 Green or 5 Green/5 White) (120 sutures).

Peters Surgical

Class I - Dangerous

A potential splitting of the surface treatment of the thread ends on certain sutures has recently been identified.

Jun 25, 2014 Diagnostic Equipment Nationwide View Details →

Vapotherm Precision Flow, Disposable Patient Circuit PF-DPC-High. For use with the Precision Flow system Precision Flow" is intended for use to add warm moisture to breathing gases from an external source for administration to a neonate/infant, pediatric and adult patients in the hospital, sub-acute institutions, and home settings. It adds heat and moisture to blended medical air/oxygen mixture and assures the integrity of the precise air/oxygen mixture via an integral oxygen analyzer. The flow rates may be from 1 to 40 liters per minute via nasal cannula.

Vapotherm

Class I - Dangerous

Disposable Patient Circuit that allows water to leak into the center gas lumen

Aug 13, 2014 Other Medical Devices Nationwide View Details →

The synthetic non-absorbable surgical sutures CARDIOXYL are composed of a polyester [poly(ethylene terephtalate)] braids, with or without PLEDGET of different sizes. CARDIOXYL braids are coated with polysiloxane. CARDIOXYL sutures are green dyed (D&C green # 6, CI 61565) and white (undyed). Some packs are composed of green and white braids to facilitate location during use. CARDIOXYL sutures comply with the requirements of the United States Pharmacopoeia (USP) and the European Pharmacopoeia (EP) for non-absorbable surgical sutures. Type of packaging: - Unit: Sutures are packed in a support card Onepak or in a pack under an external polyethylene/ paper peel pouch. - Box: 36 units for double armed (36 sutures), 24 units for ligatures (24 reels), 12 packs for double armed (5 Green/5 White) (120 sutures).

Peters Surgical

Class I - Dangerous

A potential splitting of the surface treatment of the thread ends on certain sutures has recently been identified.

Jun 25, 2014 Surgical Instruments Nationwide View Details →

The Verigene Clostridium difficile Nucleic Acid Test (CDF) is a qualitative, multiplexed in vitro diagnostic test for the rapid detection of toxin A (tcdA), toxin B (tcdB), and tcdC gene sequences of toxigenic strains Clostridium difficile and for presumptive identification of PCR ribotype 027 strains from unformed (liquid or soft) stool specimens collected from patients suspected of having C. difficile infection (CDI). Presumptive identification of the PCR ribotype 027 strain of C. difficile is by detection of the binary toxin (cdt) gene sequence and the single base pair deletion at nucleotide 117 in the tcdC gene. The tcdC gene encodes for a negative regulator in C. difficile toxin production. The test is performed on the Verigene System and utilizes automated specimen preparation and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification, combined with a nanoparticle-based array hybridization assay to detect the toxin gene sequences associated with toxin-producing C. difficile.

Nanosphere

Class I - Dangerous

Nanosphere has received several reports relating to an increased rate of Processing Errors during procedures performed on the Processor SP caused by Tips in Tip Holder Assemblies for the following products and lots of Extraction Trays.

Oct 10, 2013 Diagnostic Equipment Nationwide View Details →

Vapotherm Precision Flow,Disposable Patient Circuit PFHDPC-Low. For use with the Heliox Precision Flow system Precision Flow" is intended for use to add warm moisture to breathing gases from an external source for administration to a neonate/infant, pediatric and adult patients in the hospital, sub-acute institutions, and home settings. It adds heat and moisture to blended medical air/oxygen mixture and assures the integrity of the precise air/oxygen mixture via an integral oxygen analyzer. The flow rates may be from 1 to 40 liters per minute via nasal cannula.

Vapotherm

Class I - Dangerous

Disposable Patient Circuit that allows water to leak into the center gas lumen

Aug 13, 2014 Other Medical Devices Nationwide View Details →

Circular Lock Screws, part # G826, lot # 11406. The Lock Screws are part of the Genesys Spine TiLock Pedicle Screw System. The TiLock Pedicle Screw System is intended to provide immobilization and stabilization of spinal segments in skeletally mature patients as an adjunct to fusion in the treatment of the following acute and chronic instabilities or deformities of thoracic, lumbar, and sacral spine: degenerative disc disease (DDD) (defined as back pain of discogenic origin with degeneration of the disc confirmed by history and radiographic studies); spondylolisthesis; trauma (i.e. fracture or dislocation); spinal stenosis; curvatures (i.e. scoliosis, kyphosis, and/or lordosis); tumor; pseudoarthrosis; and failed previous fusion).

Genesys Orthopedics Systems

Class I - Dangerous

The recall is being initiated because MK Precision (the Circular Lock Screw supplier) notified Genesys Spine that a portion (less than 20%) of the Circular Lock Screws in lot 11406 were manufactured using Stainless Steel in the center Post instead of the specified titanium alloy.

Apr 2, 2014 Infusion Pumps Nationwide View Details →

Vapotherm Precision Flow,Disposable Patient Circuit PF-NODPC-Low. For use with the Precision Flow system and Ikaria INOmax DSIR Âŋ System. This DPC allows clinicians to administer nitric oxide non-invasively via high flow nasal cannula. In the Precision Flow High Flow Therapy application, a special disposable patient circuit re-routes the gas to the INOmax injector module then back into the Precision Flow system

Vapotherm

Class I - Dangerous

Water may leak into the center gas lumen of the Patient Circuit

Aug 13, 2014 Infusion Pumps Nationwide View Details →

UniCel 600/800 Access Immunoassay Systems are in vitro diagnostic devices used for the quantitative, semi-quantitative, or qualitative determination of various analytes concentrations found in human body fluids. The cables and kits are used in UniCel DxI 600, 800 instruments, and are distributed to Beckman and Non-Beckman Service Engineers for replacement of worn and/or damaged parts during field services calls.

Beckman Coulter

Class I - Dangerous

Beckman Coulter is recalling the Sample Probe Cable because nonconforming sample probe cables may been installed on newly manufactured and/or recently serviced UniCel DxI 600 and 800 Access Immunoassay Systems, UniCel DxC 660i, 680i, and 860i, and UniCel DxC 880i Synchron Access Clinical Systems instruments. Use of a nonconforming sample probe cable can casuse a delay in reporting results, but wi

Aug 21, 2014 Diagnostic Equipment Nationwide View Details →

The Verigene Gram Negative Blood Culture Nucleic Acid Test (BC-GN), performed using the sample-to-result Verigene System, is a qualitative multiplexed in vitro diagnostic test for the simultaneous detection and identification of selected gram-negative bacteria and resistance markers. BC-GN is performed directly on blood culture media using blood culture bottles identified as positive by a continuous monitoring blood culture system and which contain gram negative bacteria as determined by gram stain.

Nanosphere

Class I - Dangerous

Nanosphere has received several reports relating to an increased rate of Processing Errors during procedures performed on the Processor SP caused by Tips in Tip Holder Assemblies for the following products and lots of Extraction Trays.

Oct 10, 2013 Diagnostic Equipment Nationwide View Details →