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Kit cobas 6800 8800 sars-cov-2 flu

Official notice

9 Feb 2024

Last checked

9 Feb 2024

Medium riskHealth Canada

An official Health Canada notice concerns Kit cobas 6800 8800 sars-cov-2 flu. Roche received customer complaints alleging the generation of false negative influenza a (flu a) results and late flu a target CT values when using the Cobas® Cars-Cov-2 & influenza a/b qualitative for use on Cobas® 6800/8800 systems. These allegations are specific to recently circulating mutations (single or double mutation) in h1n1pdm09 pertinent to the region of interest of the aforementioned test. Recall start date: December 22, 2022 Published 2024-02-09.

What to do now

Contact Roche Diagnostics if you require additional information.

Recall number

72530

Official notice

2024-02-09

The hazard

Roche received customer complaints alleging the generation of false negative influenza a (flu a) results and late flu a target CT values when using the Cobas® Cars-Cov-2 & influenza a/b qualitative for use on Cobas® 6800/8800 systems. These allegations are specific to recently circulating mutations (single or double mutation) in h1n1pdm09 pertinent to the region of interest of the aforementioned test. Recall start date: December 22, 2022

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Recall Numbers

72530

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Affected products

Product 1

Affected products - Kit Cobas 6800/8800 Sars-Cov-2/Flu, Lot or serial number - All lots., Model or catalog number - 09233474190 09446125190

Risk / hazard

Roche received customer complaints alleging the generation of false negative influenza a (flu a) results and late flu a target CT values when using the Cobas® Cars-Cov-2 & influenza a/b qualitative for use on Cobas® 6800/8800 systems. These allegations are specific to recently circulating mutations (single or double mutation) in h1n1pdm09 pertinent to the region of interest of the aforementioned test. Recall start date: December 22, 2022

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

Manufacturer

Not provided

Phone

Not provided

Brand: Roche Molecular, Kit Cobas 6800 8800 Sars-cov-2 Flu.

Source & status

Source

Health Canada

Tier

official

Category

HOME

Classification

Type II

App estimate

medium

Recall details

Recall number

72530

Classification

Type II

Source tier

official

Documents, notices & source

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