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Event 61998

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
May 29, 2012
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Microbiologics Inc

Dossier provenance

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  • openFDA Device Enforcement Report-date coverage June 20, 2012–July 08, 2026 Known gap: openFDA describes 2004-present coverage, but the current export has no report-date records in this interval.
  • openFDA Device Recall event_date_initiated coverage June 01, 1997–June 30, 2026

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Microbiologics 217 Osseo Avenue North, St. Cloud, MN 56303, Gram Stain Control Slides, SLO3-10, ATCC Licensed Derivative, MediMart Europe, 11 rue Emile, Zola B.P. 2332, 38933 Grenoble Cedex 2 France. They are microscope slide preparations contains specific organisms populations of known and predictable characteristics. These slide support formal quality assurance programs by serving as quality control challenges to demonstrate and document satisfactory performance of staining regents and methods used in staining procedures and to document personnel's ability to perform the procedure and to properly interpret the microscopic test results.

Z-1936-2012
Recall number
Z-1936-2012
Initiated
May 29, 2012
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
Microbiologics Inc
Quantity
13,720 slides (10 slides per box)

App-derived interpretation

Foreign material or chemical contamination reason.foreign_material_chemical_contamination · v1.0.0
contamination could potentially lead

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Reason for recall

Microbiologics is recalling a number of lots of KWIK-QC Gram Stain Slides. This product gram negative control organism (E.coli) is not properly fixated on the slide, which may cause the user to unintentionally contaminate the patient area of the slide by flooding the control well with stain. This contamination could potentially lead to misdiagnosis and improper treatment of a patient.

Code information

0353 - 0355, 0357 - 0363

Distribution pattern

Worldwide Distribution-USA (nationwide) including the states of AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, IL, IA, KY, ME, MA, MI, MN, MS, NJ, NM, NY, PA, PR, SC, TX, VT, and VA. and the countries of SWITZERLAND, ITALY, ISRAEL, IRELAND, COLOMBIA, SWEDEN, INDIA, SINGAPORE, SERBIA, SAUDI ARABIA, CANADA, TAIWAN, SOUTH AFRICA, FRANCE, BRAZIL, MALTA, MACEDONIA, MALAYSIA, FINLAND, ECUADOR, VENEZUELA, REPUBLIC OF KOREA, NETHERLANDS, PERU, UNITED ARAB EMERITES, TURKEY, POLAND, and LEBANON.

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