BIOFIRE Blood Culture Identification 2 (BCID2) Panel, REF:… recallZ-0451-2024 · BioFire Diagnostics, LLC · initiated Oct 17, 2023
Open, Classified
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Why it was recalled
Routine quality control testing of affected blood culture identification panel with affected control panel may need to be amended, due to control panel/instrument characteristic changes, that lead C. tropicalis to be amplified in some portion of test runs, but then it's reported as "Not Detected" because the assay amplicon Tm is outside the acceptable limit assigned for calling positive results.
FDA root cause category: Process control
What the company is doing
On 10/17/23, "URGENT: MEDICAL DEVICE CORRECTION" notices were mailed to customers who were asked to do the following: 1) Review a complete list of BIOFIRE Quality Control Materials and references, for Example IQCP Risk Analysis can be found in BIOFIRE QC Tech Note (FLM1-PRT-0251), available from bioMrieux customer support. 2) Assess your Individualized Quality Control Plan (IQCP) and prepare for supplemental C. tropicalis testing if a Candida tropicalis Not Detected result is reported when testing with the MMQCI FilmArray BCID2 Control Panel M416 and/or amend testing plans to include alternate Quality Control materials such as those in FLM1-PRT-0251. 3) Complete and return the via email to [email protected] Contact customer support at [email protected] or via telephone by dialing 1.800.735.6544 and selecting option 5 for Product Technical Support with any questions or concerns.
Recall details
- Recall number
- Z-0451-2024
- Status
- Open, Classified
- Initiated by the company
- Oct 17, 2023
- Posted by the FDA
- Dec 1, 2023
- Recalling firm
- BioFire Diagnostics, LLC
- Quantity
- 32,910
- Product code
- PEN
- FDA submissions
- K193519
- Distribution
- Worldwide Distribution: US (nationwide): DE, OH, NY, IL, KY, FL, GA, KS, CA, WI, NC,, AK, PA, MN, ND, IN, AR, CO, UT, TX, AL, NJ, MD, SD, LA, OR, MA, ID, NE, MT, VA, IA, MO, WV, TN, MI, WY, SC, AZ, WA, NH, OK, HI, MS, DC, VT, CT, NM, RI, ME, NV; and OUS (foreign) to countries of: Algeria, Angola, Armenia, Bahrain, Bolivia, Bosnia- Herzegovina, Brunei, Bulgaria, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, Dutch Antilles, Ecuador, El Salvador, Estonia, Gabon, Georgia, Guam, Guatemala, Honduras, Indonesia, Ireland, Iceland, Israel, Ivory Coast, Jordan, Kosovo, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Macao, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mali, Mongolia, Morocco, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Qatar, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Serbia , Slovenia, Tunisia, Uganda, United Arab Emirate, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam, Zimbabwe, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Spain, France, United Kingdom, Greece, India, Italia, Japan, Korea, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Sweden, Singapore, Thailand, Turkey, Taiwan, Switzerland, Austria, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Belgium, Hungary, South Africa, Philippines, Norway, Mexico
Product description
BIOFIRE Blood Culture Identification 2 (BCID2) Panel, REF: RFIT-ASY-0147, used with Maine Molecular Quality Controls, Inc (MMQCI) FilmArray BCID2 Control Panel M416, which is referenced in Quality Control Materials for use with BIOFIRE FILMARRAY and BIOFIRE SPOTFIRE Panels - FLM1-PRT-0251
Code information (models, lots, serial numbers)
REF/UDI-DI: RFIT-ASY-0147/00815381020338. FLM1-PRT-0251-16 and prior.
Devices named in this recall
1 device in the FDA device registry whose identifier appears in the recall's code information.
- BioFire® Blood Culture Identification 2 (BCID2) Panel RFIT-ASY-0147Biofire Diagnostics, LLC · Gram-Positive Bacteria And Their Resistance Markers6 recalls6 deaths555 reports
Sources and updates
- Recall record: FDA Medical Device Recalls, file dated Oct 16, 2026 · View the FDA recall notice ↗
- Devices: FDA GUDID, file dated Oct 13, 2026. Devices are linked when their identifier (with a valid check digit) appears in the recall's code information.
- Page last rebuilt: Oct 16, 2026. Text above is shown as published by the FDA.
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