FDA (Devices) recall action 76628
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Roche Diagnostics Corp. initiated a voluntary correction because a rack crash may occur on the Cobas 8100 bi-directional reformatter (BRF) and uni-directional reformatter (BRF) modules with software version 02-xx, only when rack buffering is activated and the rack buffer is completely full. This issue can lead to sample spillage, posing a potential risk to operators / laboratory staff due to exposure to potentially infectious material, cross-contamination of samples in the affected racks and erroneous results due to sample carry-over.
"Roche Diagnostics Corp. initiated a voluntary correction because a rack crash may occur on the Cobas 8100 bi-directional reformatter (BRF) and uni-directional reformatter (URF) modules with software version 02-xx, only when rack buffering is activated and the rack buffer is completely full. This issue can lead to sample spillage, posing a potential risk to operators / laboratory staff due to exposure to potentially infectious material, cross-contamination of samples in the affected racks and erroneous results due to sample carry-over."
The agency’s own wording, quoted from the enforcement report.
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Roche Diagnostics is voluntarily recalling 45 Cobas 8100 reformatter modules because a rack crash can cause sample spillage, posing a risk of exposure to infectious material.
Roche Diagnostics is voluntarily recalling 45 Cobas 8100 reformatter modules because a software issue can cause rack crashes and sample spillage, posing a risk of exposure to infectious material.