Audience: risk managers, laboratory personnel, and infectious disease physicians
July 2, 2010 — Cepheid is initiating a recall of all lots of Xpert(R) MRSA/SA BC (blood culture) products. The company received increasing numbers of complaints for false negative MRSA results when compared to MRSA positive results received from culture methods. All Cepheid MRSA/SA Blood Culture Assay products have the potential to generate infrequent rates of false negative MRSA results, which could result in incorrect treatment or delay of care for patients with MRSA infection.
This test is used to detect methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Staphylococcus aureus (SA) DNA directly from patient positive blood culture determined to be Gram Positive Cocci in Clusters (GPCC) or Gram Positive Cocci in singles (GPC) by Gram stain.
On July 1, 2010, Cepheid issued a press release and sent its customers a revised Corrective Action Notice letter instructing them not to report the MRSA negative result when a MRSA negative/SA positive result is generated on the Cepheid MRSA/SA Blood Culture Assay. Instead, customers were instructed to conduct further antimicrobial susceptibility testing to determine the MRSA result. The MRSA positive/SA positive results generated on the Cepheid MRSA/SA Blood Culture Assay can still be reported.
July 2, 2010 — FDA recall notice
