United StatesCepheid is recalling Xpert SA Nasal Complete kit (Catalog Number GXSACOMP-10, UDI‑DI 07332940000158; 10-test kit), lots 27815 and 27816, batch numbers 1001424179 and 1001424181, a set of reagents and materials for direct detection of MRSA/MSSA nucleic acid from nasal clinical specimens. Post-market half-time stability testing found a false negative test result for a positive sample type.
What's being recalled
Xpert SA Nasal Complete Catalog Number: GXSACOMP-10 UDI-DI code: 07332940000158 Xpert SA Nasal Complete kit; 10 test kit: A collection of reagents and other associated materials intended to be used for the direct qualitative and/or quantitative detection of nucleic acid from methicillin-resistant and methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA/MSSA) bacteria present in a clinical specimen, using a nucleic acid technique
Recalling firm: Cepheid, Sunnyvale, CA, United States.
How to identify it
Catalog Number: GXSACOMP-10 UDI-DI code: 07332940000158 Lot Numbers: 27815 27816 Batch Numbers: 1001424179 1001424181
The hazard
As a result of Post-Market half-time stability testing, false negative test result was observed for a positive sample type.
What to do
Don't stop taking a prescribed medicine without talking to your doctor or pharmacist first. For other products, stop using them and ask the pharmacist, seller or maker what to do.
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Where it was sold
U.S. Nationwide distribution including in the states of AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, NH, NJ, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, PR, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, WV, and WY.
The official notice
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