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73 records in this archive. Latest source date Apr 7, 2026.

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FDA device enforcement

BD BBL Sensi Disc Ofloxacin- 5 ug, used for semi-quantitative in vitro susceptibility testing. Catalog Number 231672¿

There is a possibility of reproducibility, accuracy, and/or QC failures in antibiotic susceptibility testing (AST) for H. influenzae. This may cause product discard, delayed results, or additional adverse diagnostic outcomes, such as a delay in diagnosis, t...

Class IIReported ongoing

Distribution: Domestic distribution nationwide. International distribution worldwide.

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FDA device enforcement

BD BBL Sensi Disc Piperacillin/Tazobactam- 100/10 ug, used for semi-quantitative in vitro susceptibility testing. Catalog Number 231691 and 231692¿

There is a possibility of reproducibility, accuracy, and/or QC failures in antibiotic susceptibility testing (AST) for H. influenzae. This may cause product discard, delayed results, or additional adverse diagnostic outcomes, such as a delay in diagnosis, t...

Class IIReported ongoing

Distribution: Domestic distribution nationwide. International distribution worldwide.

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FDA device enforcement

BD BBL Sensi Disc Rifampin- 5 ug, used for semi-quantitative in vitro susceptibility testing. Catalog Number 231541 and 231544¿

There is a possibility of reproducibility, accuracy, and/or QC failures in antibiotic susceptibility testing (AST) for H. influenzae. This may cause product discard, delayed results, or additional adverse diagnostic outcomes, such as a delay in diagnosis, t...

Class IIReported ongoing

Distribution: Domestic distribution nationwide. International distribution worldwide.

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FDA device enforcement

BD BBL Sensi Disc Sulfamethoxazole with Trimethoprim 23.75/1.25 ug, used for semi-quantitative in vitro susceptibility testing. Catalog Number 231536 and 231539¿

There is a possibility of reproducibility, accuracy, and/or QC failures in antibiotic susceptibility testing (AST) for H. influenzae. This may cause product discard, delayed results, or additional adverse diagnostic outcomes, such as a delay in diagnosis, t...

Class IIReported ongoing

Distribution: Domestic distribution nationwide. International distribution worldwide.

Official source
FDA device enforcement

BD BBL Sensi Disc Tetracycline 30 ug,used for semi-quantitative in vitro susceptibility testing. Catalog Number 230998 and 231344¿

There is a possibility of reproducibility, accuracy, and/or QC failures in antibiotic susceptibility testing (AST) for H. influenzae. This may cause product discard, delayed results, or additional adverse diagnostic outcomes, such as a delay in diagnosis, t...

Class IIReported ongoing

Distribution: Domestic distribution nationwide. International distribution worldwide.

Official source
FDA device enforcement

BD Synapsys Informatics Solution, Catalog Number 444150

There is a risk of mis-association of patient demographic data for users who choose to report results manually when their Service Control Unit (SCU) is operating near capacity and are using save actions (Skip, Final Discard, Mark as Read, Save) to process p...

Class IIReported ongoing

Distribution: US States: CA, CO, IA, IL, MI, MN, MO, NY, OH, OK, SC, TN, TX, UT, WI. Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New ...

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FDA device enforcement

BD Veritor System for Rapid Detection of SARS-CoV-2 & Flu A+B, 30 Single Use Test Devices- Intended for the in vitro, simultaneous qualitative detection and differentiation of S...

IFU- Instructions for Use (IFU) package insert and both the IFU packaged with the test kit and the electronic version on the BD website not approved by FDA,specifically describing specimen type, could cause use of the test with invalid specimen types, which...

Class IIReported ongoing

Distribution: Worldwide distribution - US Nationwide and the countries of CA, CL, HK, TW.

Official source
FDA device enforcement

BD Kiestra InoqulA+ with BD Kiestra" InoqulA+" and BeA Software version 5.1 and 5.1.1 as part of the Icefall A platform. An in vitro diagnostic medical device intended to automa...

Upon installation of BD Kiestra" InoqulA+" and BeA version 5.1 and 5.1.1 as part of the Icefall A platform, plate information was not visible in Synapsys" after processing has occurred. This could possibly lead to a delayed diagnosis and/or treatment or nee...

Class IIReported ongoing

Distribution: Worldwide - US Nationwide distribution in the states of IL, NY and the countries of Netherlands, Saudi Arabia.

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FDA device enforcement

BBL Chocolate II Agar- IVD for the isolation and cultivation of Neisseria species. Catalog (Ref) Number: 221267

Boxes contain a reduced concentration of Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide and does not provide enough of the blood factors necessary to support Haemophilus growth. The reduction could cause a false negative result for Haemophilus isolation in a clinical sp...

Class IIReported ongoing

Distribution: Worldwide distribution - US Nationwide and the countries of Canada, India, Philippines.

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FDA device enforcement

BD Phoenix PMIC/ID-107: The Phoenix PMIC/ID panel is used for the rapid identification and susceptibility of most aerobic and facultative anaerobic gram-positive bacteria of hum...

Misformulated minocycline-can cause erroneously increased Minimal Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) values when performing antibiotic susceptibility testing (AST) against minocycline and result in the reporting of false resistance for clinical samples if the i...

Class IIReported ongoing

Distribution: US Nationwide distribution.

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FDA device enforcement

BD Synapsys Microbiology Informatics Solution, Catalog Number 444150, Software Version 4.10

When updating BD Kiestra customers to BD Synapsys version 4.10, the custom antibiotic codes set by the customer are overwritten with the BD default antibiotic codes.

Class IIReported terminated

Distribution: Worldwide distribution US Nationwide distribution in the states of CA, IL, MI, NY, OH, SC, and TN. The countries of Austria, France, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden.

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FDA device enforcement

BD Veritor Plus Analyzer - intended to provide rapid test results in near-patient settings. Catalog Number: 256066

May have the potential to overheat and/or cause fire, the issue can occur when an unauthorized alternative AC power adapter, and not the one provided by BD is used to power the instrument.

Class IIReported ongoing

Distribution: Worldwide distribution - US Nationwide and the countries of Armenia, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Fiji, Guatemala, Ho...

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Reasons in these listed records

  • There is a possibility of reproducibility, accuracy, and/or QC failures in antibiotic susceptibility testing (AST) for H. influenzae. This may cause product discard, delayed results, or additional adverse diagnostic outcomes, such as a delay in diagnosis, the selection of inap...
  • Certain vials of the BD BACTEC" Plus Aerobic/F Culture Vials have a labeling issue where duplicate barcode sequence numbers have been identified on more than one vial.
  • There is a risk of mis-association of patient demographic data for users who choose to report results manually when their Service Control Unit (SCU) is operating near capacity and are using save actions (Skip, Final Discard, Mark as Read, Save) to process patient results rapidly.
  • IFU- Instructions for Use (IFU) package insert and both the IFU packaged with the test kit and the electronic version on the BD website not approved by FDA,specifically describing specimen type, could cause use of the test with invalid specimen types, which may produce false p...

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