BD BBL Vancomycin Screen Agar Catalog number 222204 Vancomycin Screen… — Class II medical device recall Z-2628-2014
Terminated recall by Becton Dickinson & Co., reported 2014-09-24, distributed nationwide. These lots of Agar may have exhibited breakthrough growth of vancomycin susceptible Enterococcus species contr
| Recall number | Z-2628-2014 |
|---|---|
| Product type | Medical device |
| Classification | Class II |
| Status | Terminated |
| Voluntary or mandated | Voluntary |
| Recalling firm | Becton Dickinson & Co., Sparks, MD, United States |
| Recall initiated | 2014-07-28 |
| Classified | 2014-09-12 |
| Reported by FDA | 2014-09-24 |
| Terminated | 2016-01-07 |
| Distributed | Nationwide (US) |
| Countries outside the US | BE, CA, CO, IN, MX, SG, TW |
| Quantity | 28,540 |
| Lot numbers | 4042217, 4048040, 4052349, 4058242, 4073274, 4080291, 4127728 |
| Model numbers | 222204 |
Product
BD BBL Vancomycin Screen Agar Catalog number 222204 Vancomycin Screen Agar is used to test enterococci for resistance to vancomycin and to predict the synergistic activity of this antimicrobial with an aminoglycoside antimicrobial.
Reason for recall
These lots of Agar may have exhibited breakthrough growth of vancomycin susceptible Enterococcus species control organisms. Agar that allows susceptible enterococci to grow appears as a falsely resistant culture. If a lab does not QC, the error would be identified as falsely resistant enterococci would have further AST workup. There could be a delay in the identification of false-resistance
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