FDADecember 16, 2019device
Microbiologics QC Sets and Panels, Gram-Positive Blood Culture Control Panel (Inactivated Pellet), Catalog # 8180 Used in test systems to estimate test precision and to detect systematic analytical deviations that may arise from reagent or analytical instrument variation.
Official recall recorded by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration.
The hazard
The recommended hydration fluid for the 8180 Gram-Positive Blood Culture Control Panel (Inactivated Pellet), has changed from sterile 0.85% saline or sterile blood culture media to sterile DI water or pH 7.2 phosphate buffer.
What to do
FDA enforcement status: Terminated
Brands named
microbiologics
Recall history
Other federal recalls tied to the same brand — a factual pattern, straight from the source data.
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- FDALYFO DISK, Campylobacter jejuni subsp. jejuni derived from ATCC 29428, Catalog Number 0325L2025-12-02
- FDAKWIK-STIK 2-Pack, Campylobacter jejuni subsp. jejuni derived from ATCC 29428, Catalog Number 0325P2025-12-02
- FDAKWIK-STIK, Quality control kit for culture media, Vibrio parahaemolyticus derived from ATCC 17802, Catalog Number 0818K2025-11-13
- FDALYFO-DISK, M. Canis Derived from ATCC 36299, packaged as: 1) REF 0894K (6-pack), 2) REF 0894P (2-pack)2025-06-27
- FDALYFO-DISK, M. Canis Derived from ATCC 36299, packaged as: 1) REF 0894L2025-06-27
- FDAKWIK-STIK and LYFO DISK, quality control kit for culture media Catalog # 0805K and 0805L2025-06-17
- FDAKWIK-STICK, Quality control kit for culture media, Catalog Numbers 01065K, Oligella urethralis derived from ATCC¿ 17960; 0621K, Staphylococcus aureus derived from NCTC 124932025-05-27
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