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Vitros Chemistry Systems — recall 49839

Health Canada — Medical Devices · Canada · 2013-07-23 · Type II

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Agency
Health Canada — Medical Devices
Recall identifier
49839
Date of alert
2013-07-23
Country / jurisdiction
Canada
Authority classification
Type II
Notice type
recall
Product category
Medical devices
Product type
Medical devices
Notice status
Archived by the issuing authority — kept for reference
Reported risk: OCD has issued a recall pertaining to a potential malfunction in a wire connector used in the Vitros 4600, Vitros 5600 and Vitros 5,1 FS systems that were shipped during a specific date range. To date, six customers reported the smell of melting plastic or observed smoke originating from their Vitros 4600 and 5600 systems. Although reports are confined to the Vitros 4600 and 5600 systems, the same wire connector is also used on Vitros 5,1 FS systems. As a precaution, OCD is contacting customers to notify them of this potential malfunction for Vitros systems that were shipped during a specific date range.
Primary source: https://recalls-rappels.canada.ca/en/alert-recall/vitros-chemistry-systems

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