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Biofire® filmarray® 2.0 instruments and biofire® filmarray® torch module box

Official notice

29 Aug 2024

Last checked

29 Aug 2024

Medium riskHealth Canada

An official Health Canada notice concerns Biofire® filmarray® 2.0 instruments and biofire® filmarray® torch module box. Biomérieux has identified an issue with a subset of internal equipment used during the temperature calibration process on BioFire torch modules and 2.0 instruments manufactured or serviced since May 2022. The investigation found that BioFire instruments calibrated with this equipment may report higher melting temperatures (TMS). The impacted instruments must be returned to a BioFire service center for re-calibration. Recall Start Date: August 9, 2024 Published 2024-08-29.

What to do now

Contact the importer, bioMérieux Canada.

Recall number

75985

Official notice

2024-08-29

The hazard

Biomérieux has identified an issue with a subset of internal equipment used during the temperature calibration process on BioFire torch modules and 2.0 instruments manufactured or serviced since May 2022. The investigation found that BioFire instruments calibrated with this equipment may report higher melting temperatures (TMS). The impacted instruments must be returned to a BioFire service center for re-calibration. Recall Start Date: August 9, 2024

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Recall Numbers

75985

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Affected products

Product 1

Affected products - BioFire® FilmArray® 2.0 Instruments, Lot or serial number - More than 10 numbers, contact manufacturer., Model or catalog number - FLM2-ASY-0001

Product 2

Affected products - BioFire® FilmArray® Torch Module Box, Lot or serial number - More than 10 numbers, contact manufacturer., Model or catalog number - HTFA-SUB-0103

Risk / hazard

Biomérieux has identified an issue with a subset of internal equipment used during the temperature calibration process on BioFire torch modules and 2.0 instruments manufactured or serviced since May 2022. The investigation found that BioFire instruments calibrated with this equipment may report higher melting temperatures (TMS). The impacted instruments must be returned to a BioFire service center for re-calibration. Recall Start Date: August 9, 2024

Where it was sold

The source does not list specific retailers. See the official notice for where affected products were sold.

Location 1

CA · Canada

Affected area 1

CA · Canada

Company & contacts

Brand: Biofire Diagnostics, Biofire® Filmarray® 2.0 Instruments And Biofire® Filmarray® Torch Module Box.

Source & status

Source

Health Canada

Tier

official

Category

HOME

Classification

Type II

App estimate

medium

Recall details

Recall number

75985

Classification

Type II

Source tier

official

Documents, notices & source

See the official notice and source documents for full details.

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