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VITROS® Automation Solutions configured with Thermo Scientific… — recall 61900

Health Canada — Medical Devices · Canada · 2020-12-11 · Type II

As described by Health Canada — Medical Devices: VITROS® Automation Solutions configured with Thermo Scientific Aliquoter & Labeller Module (2020-11-23)

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Agency
Health Canada — Medical Devices
Recall identifier
61900
Date of alert
2020-12-11
Country / jurisdiction
Canada
Risk level
Type II
Risk type
recall
Product category
Medical devices
Product type
Medical devices
Reported risk: A software anomaly that has the potential to allow two secondary tubes from different primary samples to be labelled with the same sample IDs. Thermo Fisher Scientific has been unable to replicate the issue, as it requires a very specific set of events that must occur in a very specific time sequence. However, a contributing cause for this was that the Aliquoter Module was improperly initialized, as sample tubes were still in the module.
Primary source: https://recalls-rappels.canada.ca/en/alert-recall/vitrosr-automation-solutions-c

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