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Xpert ev assay

Official notice

20 Sept 2022

Last checked

20 Sept 2022

Critical riskHealth Canada

An official Health Canada notice concerns Xpert ev assay. On 27-Jul-2022 a non-conformance investigation was initiated for an issue related to a component of the test. In early August 2022, the correlation was made that this component issue may have resulted in customer complaints of invalid and false negative test results that was being investigated separately. The investigation showed that the beads used in the tests caused low sample processing control/internal control endpoints, which could lead to false negative and invalid test results. Recall start date: August 25, 2022 Published 2022-09-20.

What to do now

Discontinue use of affected product, complete response form and dispose of remaining inventory.

Recall number

64561

Official notice

2022-09-20

The hazard

On 27-Jul-2022 a non-conformance investigation was initiated for an issue related to a component of the test. In early August 2022, the correlation was made that this component issue may have resulted in customer complaints of invalid and false negative test results that was being investigated separately. The investigation showed that the beads used in the tests caused low sample processing control/internal control endpoints, which could lead to false negative and invalid test results. Recall start date: August 25, 2022

How to check if you're affected

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Recall Numbers

64561

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Affected products

Product 1

Affected products - Xpert EV Assay, Lot or serial number - 1000408741/22001, Model or catalogue number - GXEV-100N-10

Risk / hazard

On 27-Jul-2022 a non-conformance investigation was initiated for an issue related to a component of the test. In early August 2022, the correlation was made that this component issue may have resulted in customer complaints of invalid and false negative test results that was being investigated separately. The investigation showed that the beads used in the tests caused low sample processing control/internal control endpoints, which could lead to false negative and invalid test results. Recall start date: August 25, 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: Cepheid, Xpert Ev Assay.

Source & status

Source

Health Canada

Tier

official

Category

HEALTH

Classification

Type II

App estimate

critical

Recall details

Recall number

64561

Classification

Type II

Source tier

official

Documents, notices & source

See the official notice and source documents for full details.

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