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Ceftazidime 256 M.I.C.E — recall 56020

Health Canada — Medical Devices · Canada · 2016-08-22 · Type II

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Agency
Health Canada — Medical Devices
Recall identifier
56020
Date of alert
2016-08-22
Country / jurisdiction
Canada
Risk level
Type II
Risk type
recall
Product category
Medical devices
Product type
Medical devices
Notice status
Archived by the issuing authority — kept for reference
Reported risk: A technical investigation has confirmed that CT1629B CAZ10, Ceftazidime batch 1426486 may contain discs with a reduced concentration of antibiotic that may impact performance testing with Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 27853 (European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (EUCAST) Quality Performance). Continued used of this lot could result in quality control failures, delayed results or incorrect results reporting (false resistance).
Primary source: https://recalls-rappels.canada.ca/en/alert-recall/ceftazidime-256-mice

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