Cetrimide Agar (CET) (2019-10-28)

Starting date:

October 26, 2019

Posting date:

January 6, 2020

Type of communication:

Medical Device Recall

Subcategory:

Medical Device

Hazard classification:

Type II

Source of recall:

Health Canada

Issue:

Medical Devices

Audience:

General Public, Healthcare Professionals, Hospitals

Identification number:

RA-71975

Last updated: 2020-01-07

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  Reason
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  Affected products

Affected Products

Cetrimide Agar (CET)

Reason

Fertility issue on cetrimide agar. All impacted lots manufactured with the same semi finished product formulation, Biomerieux observed a low growth of pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 10145 (used in clinical bacteriology) and no (for one plate) or low growth for pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 9027 (used in industry bacteriology).

Affected products