Database updated: 27 October 2026
Safety Information
Medsafe Online Recall Database
Detail of Recall
| Type of Product: | Device |
| Medsafe Reference: | 37637 |
| Brand Name: | VITEK® 2 AST-XN24 |
| Model: | Reference number - 424351 |
| Affected: | Drug impacted: cza02n/ipr01n/mev01n, cza02n/ipr01n/mev01n |
| Software version: | |
| Recalling Organisation: | Medi'Ray New Zealand Ltd 53-55 Paul Matthews Road Albany Auckland 0632 |
| Contact Information: | 0800 633 472 |
| Manufacturer: | bioMerieux Italia S.p.A. |
| Issue: | The manufacturer has identified an increase in complaints for out-of-range high (OORH) quality control (QC) results for the following antibiotic formulations: Ceftazidime/Avibactam (cza02n), Imipenem/Relebactam (ipr01n), and Meropenem/Vaborbactam (mev01n). During the investigation we identified that a small number of VITEK® 2 GN-AST cards users, have also reported false resistant antibiotic results with the same antibiotics when testing strains of Enterobacterales/Enterobacteriaceae species and/or Pseudomonas aeruginosa. |
| Recall action type: | Correction |
| Recall action: | Manufacturer to issue advice regarding use |
| Level of recall: | Hospital/Pharmacy/Laboratory |
| Date Commenced: | 25/9/2026 |
