Recall Z-2543-2018 ยท NDS Media, Culture, Ex Vivo, Tissue And Cell
Life Technologies, Corp.
GIBCO CTS AIM V Serum-Free Media (SFM), Model Number 0870112BK. Tissue and cell culture medium.
| Date | Jul 25, 2018 (initiated May 10, 2018) |
| Status | Terminated |
| Reason | It has been determined that the fill port tube seal integrity was compromised during the manufacture of the product lot. This may cause media to leak out of the primary sterile packaging into outer non-sterile dust cover packaging, and subsequently mold may grow in the pooled, leaked media. |
| Root cause | Unknown/Undetermined by firm |
| Action | Urgent Medical Device Recall Notification letters dated 6/28/18 were distributed to customers to notify them of the recall of GIBCO CTS AIM V Serum-Free Media (SFM); Gibco Dulbecco's Modified Eagle Medium (DMEM), high glucose, pyruvate; Gibco Dulbecco's Modified Eagle Medium (DMEM), high glucose; and Gibco RPMI 1640 Medium. The letters instructed customers to do the following: For the above mentioned lots of product, please complete an inspection of the seal integrity of your inventory. There should not be visual evidence of media within the space between the media bag itself and the dust c |
| Quantity | 141 |
| Distribution | Worldwide distribution. US states: CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, MA, MD, PA, RI, UT, and WA., Canada, France, Great Britain, Japan, Korea, Netherlands, and Switzerland. |
| FDA record | Open on fda.gov |
510(k) clearances named in this recall
| K022086 | AIM-V (R) MEDIUM, MODEL 087-0112 Invitrogen Corporation, Dec 23, 2002 |