Health product recall

BIOFIRE® Filmarray® Gastrointestinal (GI) Panel

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Summary

Product
BIOFIRE® Filmarray® Gastrointestinal (GI) Panel
Issue
Medical devices - Sterility Issue
What to do

Contact the importer, Biomérieux Canada Inc. 

Audience
Healthcare

Affected products

Affected products

Lot or serial number

Model or catalog number

BIOFIRE® Filmarray® Gastrointestinal (GI) Panel

782425
712258
743930
742049
769240

RFIT-ASY-0116
RFIT-ASY-0104

Issue

An increased number of customer complaints associated with Vibrio/Vibrio Cholerae false positive detections by the BIOFIRE Filmarray Gastrointestinal (GI) Panel have been observed when using Remel Cary-Blair transport medium. The BIOFIRE GI panel and the Cary-Blair transport medium are performing as intended.

Per INV-19261, the root cause of the false positive Vibrio/Vibrio Cholerae results detected by the BIOFIRE GI panel is the presence of non-viable organism in the Remel Cary-Blair transport medium.

Recall Start Date: July 4, 2024

Additional information

Details
Original published date:
Alert / recall type
Health product recall
Category
Health products - Medical devices - Microbiology
Companies

Biofire Diagnostics, Llc.

515 Colorow Dr., Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, 84108

Published by
Health Canada
Audience
Healthcare
Recall class
Type II
Identification number
RA-75827

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