bioMerieux VITEK 2 Gram Positive Cefoxitin Screen, VITEK 2 Gram Positive AST for Oxacillin, VITEK SYSTEMS…
Medical device recall Z-2817-2018. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Aug 29, 2018.
- FDA Class I
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Aug 29, 2018. Copied from openFDA on Oct 20, 2026.
- Class I FDA’s most serious class (needs attention)
- Terminated its status, in FDA’s file
- Nationwide FDA’s word, and 1 state named
- 13,961,320 US how much, in FDA’s words
Every line below is in FDA’s own words, with its source beside it. FDA’s terms are explained in FDA’s own words.
How serious is it, by FDA’s class?
Class I, the most serious of FDA’s three classes.
“Dangerous or defective products that predictably could cause serious health problems or death. Examples include: food found to contain botulinum toxin, food with undeclared allergens, a label mix-up on a lifesaving drug, or a defective artificial heart valve.”
openFDA, in plain words, its enforcement report fields.
“Class I is a situation in which there is a reasonable probability that the use of, or exposure to, a violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death.”
FDA’s rule, 21 CFR 7.3(m)(1), eCFR.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
What’s wrong with it?
Customer reports indicated an increase in the rate of non-detected MRSA in association with the VITEK 2 AST-P631 product.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
bioMerieux VITEK 2 Gram Positive Cefoxitin Screen, VITEK 2 Gram Positive AST for Oxacillin, VITEK SYSTEMS General Susceptibility Card Cefotoxin and AST for Oxacillin bioMerieux VITEK 2 AST-P631 bioMerieux VITEK 2 AST-GP67 Test Kit bioMerieux VITEK 2 AST-GP71 Test Kit bioMerieux VITEK 2 AST-GP75 Test Kit bioMerieux VITEK 2 AST-GP78 Test Kit Components for an automated invitro diagnostic system consisting of instruments, software and reagent cards designed for the ID and antimicrobial susceptibility testing of bacteria and yeast.
13,961,320 US, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
VITEK 2 AST-P631, Ref # 414961 UDI 03573026426804 OXSF, multiple Gram Positive Cards all lots of cards with Oxacillin and Cefotoxin OX, OXSF, multiple Gram Positive Cards all lots of cards with Oxacillin and Cefotoxin VITEK 2 AST-GP67 Test…
Every code shown here, 809 characters
VITEK 2 AST-P631, Ref # 414961 UDI 03573026426804 OXSF, multiple Gram Positive Cards all lots of cards with Oxacillin and Cefotoxin OX, OXSF, multiple Gram Positive Cards all lots of cards with Oxacillin and Cefotoxin VITEK 2 AST-GP67 Test Kit, Ref: # 22226 UDI 03573026242060, OX, OXSF, multiple Gram Positive Cards, all lots of cards with Oxacillin and Cefotoxin. VITEK 2 AST-GP71 Test Kit, Ref: #410750 UDI 03573026355173, OX, OXSF, multiple Gram Positive Cards, all lots of cards with Oxacillin and Cefotoxin. VITEK 2 AST-GP75 Test Kit, Ref: #415670 UDI 03573026437183, OX, OXSF, multiple Gram Positive Cards, all lots of cards with Oxacillin and Cefotoxin. VITEK 2 AST-GP78 Test Kit, Ref: #421051 UDI 03573026553982, OX, OXSF, multiple Gram Positive Cards, all lots of cards with Oxacillin and Cefotoxin.
Copied exactly as FDA lists them: lot and serial numbers, dates and other codes on the product or its label.
Where did it go?
FDA’s words for the “general area of initial distribution”: where the firm first shipped it.
Worldwide distribution. US nationwide including Puerto Rico, Bermuda, Brazil, Canada, China, Curacao, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, France, Guatemala, Indonesia, Israel, Hong Kong, South Korea, South Africa, Mexico, Myanmar, Nicaragua, Peru, Philippines, Paraguay, Singapore, Thailand, El Salvador, and Vietnam.
The states and territories these words name
- Puerto Rico
What FDA means by nationwide
“The term “nationwide” is defined to mean the fifty states or a significant portion. Note that subsequent distribution by the consignees to other parties may not be included.”
openFDA, its enforcement report fields.
The words say it went outside the United States too.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
Is it still going on?
Terminated, in FDA’s file.
“FDA has determined that all reasonable efforts have been made to remove or correct the violative product in accordance with the recall strategy, and proper disposition has been made according to the degree of hazard.”
openFDA, on “Terminated”, its enforcement report fields.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
- The firm began the recall on Jan 26, 2018.
- FDA classified it on Aug 17, 2018.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Aug 29, 2018.
- FDA terminated it on May 20, 2019.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- bioMerieux, Inc., of Durham, NC.
- Who began it, in FDA’s words: Voluntary: Firm initiated.
- How the firm first told its customers: Letter.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
What this record can’t tell you
- Whether your own one is affected: compare the codes, dates and numbers above with yours. When unsure, ask the firm or the store.
- Where it went after the firm’s first shipments. FDA’s words cover the firm’s initial distribution, and, in FDA’s words, “subsequent distribution by the consignees to other parties may not be included.”
- How many have been returned, corrected or destroyed: FDA’s report doesn’t say.
- Whether anyone was hurt or fell ill: the report doesn’t say.
- How current it is: openFDA publishes FDA’s Enforcement Report weekly, after FDA does, and a firm can announce a recall weeks before it appears there. openFDA’s own caution: “This data should not be used as a method to collect data to issue alerts to the public, nor should it be used to track the lifecycle of a recall.”
- A product with no recall here isn’t safe by that: FDA’s report lists the recalls FDA classified, and when.
Hearth Record wrote these lines; the quotations are FDA’s.
Sources
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U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Device recall enforcement reports.
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