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Company: Medsmex.comProduct: “Isotrex Isotretinoina Gel 0.05% Date: 9/9/03 Accutane (isotretinoin) is a systemically administered retinoid approved in 1982 to treat severe recalcitrant nodular acne. Isotretinoin carries significant potential risks, including that it may cause severe birth defects. The approved Accutane labeling states in part, “Accutane must not be used by females who are pregnant…must be...
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Company: Invacare Corp. Product: Power wheelchairs and scooters Date: 8/26/03 With regard to the 80 amp fuse and …wire assembly, the May 15, 2003 and May 20, 2003 responses indicate that an 80 amp current through this assembly is only sustained for a short period of time. Invacare states that a continuous 80 amp current...
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Company: Boston Scientific Corp.Product: Investigational medical device Date: 8/22/03 For example, the …and the …do not describe whether the monitor should verify all case histories and related documentation or only select a representative sample during the visit. If a sample is to be selected, the procedures do not state the size and composition of this...
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Company:Astro Instrumentation LLCProduct: Chemistry analyzers and renal dialysis filter reprocessing system Date: 8/21/03 Your August 4, 2003 response stated that you routinely use electronic copies of the manufacturing procedures and that a lack of a computer at this work station prompted the use of a paper copy. The response states that you have placed a...
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Company: Bioflex Inc..Product: Electrical stimulation devices Date: 8/18/03 Failure to establish procedures to ensure that equipment is routinely calibrated, checked and maintained. [21 CFR 820.72(a)] For example, the…meter used to test the electrodes on the BioShort electronic stimulation garments has not been calibrated and there is no calibration program for this meter. Failure to establish...
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Company: Mercy Medical Center Product: Blood bank facility Date: 07/25/03 Failure to maintain an adequate number of trained and experienced personnel for the processing, compatibility testing, storage, and distribution of blood or blood components. For example, employee…who was responsible for completing validation of the …software, was also responsible for Quality Assurance, supervisory and administrative duties,...
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Company: South Texas Blood and Tissue CenterProduct: Blood facility Date: 7/17/03 Your facility failed to check input to and output from its computer and related systems for accuracy [21 CFR 211.68(b)]. For example, Your facility’s _____ computer system and _____ lacked controls or procedures to prevent improper sample analysis or mix-ups. As explained above (1.a),...
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Company: MagneVu Product: Portable magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system Date: 07/11/03 Software validation activities for computers or automated data processing systems used as part of production have not been performed or documented [21 CFR 820.70(i)]. Specifically, the Eng MagMRI software used for engineering and servicing of the MagneVu 1000 MRI System has not been validated....
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Company: ConMed Corp. Product: Hyfrecator 2000 and other electrosurgical devices and accessories Date: 05/08/2003 Failure to validate computer software for its intended use according to an established protocol prior to approval and issuance, and document the results of these validation activities, as required by 21 CFR 820.70(i). For example, a software program used to run...
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Company: Antelope Valley Healthcare District Product: Blood and blood components Date: 05/01/2003 Specifically, the procedure “Donor Registration and Medical Interview,” which includes instructions for entering deferral information into the computer system based on disqualifying information provided during the donor screening process, does not provide details concerning the documentation of information (such as exposure dates) so...
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Company: Advanced Radiation Measurements Inc.Product: Radiation beam scanners Date: 3/25/03 Your firm failed to validate processes whose results cannot be fully verified by subsequent inspection and test according to established procedures as required by 21 CFR 820.75. Structural testing conducted as part of your firm’s software validation, and software validation of the Scan Test used...
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Company: Innovative Products Unlimited Inc.Product: Medical Device products including gurneys Date: 3/4/03 No procedures to control labeling activities, as required by 21 CFR 820.120. For example, while you maintain master labels for your gurney models, these master labels lack signatures and dates to document that they have been reviewed and approved, and there are no...
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Company: MAK-SYSTEM S.A. International GroupProduct: Progesa Soundex file module Date: 02/06/2003 All users are not notified of existing problems or fixes until a user encounters the problem. Software corrections are only provided to the user that discovered and reported the problem and not to other users of the computer system/software. For example There were no...
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Company: Merits Health Products Co. Ltd. Product: Powered wheelchairs, electric scooters and oxygen concentrators Date: 02/04/2003 Failure to validate computer software for its intended use according to an established protocol when computers or automated data processing systems are used as part of production or the quality system, as required by 21 CFR 820.70(i). For example,...
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Company: Lexicor Medical Technology Inc.Product: DataLex Web portal Date: 1/16/03 We are writing to you because on July 3 through 17, 2002, an investigator from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) collected information that revealed a serious regulatory problem involving the product known as “DataLex” web portal which is made and marketed by your firm....
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Company: Siemens Medical Solutions USA Inc.Product: Diagnostic x-ray system Date: 1/14/03 You are requested to report the results of your investigation and follow-up action to this office within thirty (30) working days of receipt of this letter. Your response should include the date that the corrective action was completed and copies of service records and/or...
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Company: Eastern Medical Equipment Distributors Inc.Product: Oxygen USP and Oxygen Analyzer Date: 12/17/02 Failure to routinely calibrate mechanical and electronic equipment used in the transfilling of Oxygen USP or keep records of calibration according to a written program designed to assure proper performance as required by 21 CFR 211.68. For example, there was no documentation...
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Company: Eastern Medical Equipment Distributors Inc.Product: Oxygen USP and Oxygen Analyzer Date: 12/17/2002 Failure to routinely calibrate mechanical and electronic equipment used in the transfilling of Oxygen USP or keep records of calibration according to a written program designed to assure proper performance as required by 21 CFR 211.68. For example, there was no documentation...
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Company: UPC Medical Supplies Inc.Product: Sacred Crane TDP Lamp, QL-Wide Band Spectrum Apparatus and other products Date: 11/01/2002 Claims for the Stimplus II Acupoint Locator & Stimulation device include that it “locate[s] acupoints and then stimulate away the pain electronically at the touch of a button without needles. Acupoints are detected with sound and light…Stimplus...
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Company: UPC Medical Supplies Inc…Product: Sacred Crane TDP Lamp, QL-Wide Band Spectrum Apparatus and other products Date: 11/1/2002 Claims for the Stimplus II Acupoint Locator & Stimulation device include that it “locate[s] acupoints and then stimulate away the pain electronically at the touch of a button without needles. Acupoints are detected with sound and light…Stimplus...
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Company: Heimann Systems CorporationProduct: Cabinet x-ray system Date: 10/30/2002 21 CFR 1020.40(c)(10) requires that x-ray systems designed for security screening of carried possessions in public facilities shall be provided with means to insure operator presence at the control area in a position which permits surveillance of the ports during generation of x-radiation. We observed that...
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Company: Unico Holdings Inc.Product: Over-the-counter drug products Date: 10/18/02 In answer to observations made about not performing specific gravity testing as required by the covering monograph, your response states your belief that under certain circumstances not every analytical procedure listed in an article’s monograph needs to be performed, but offers no documentation or historical data...
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Company: Abbott Laboratories Inc.Product: Drug products Date: 10/15/2002 Failure to assure that automated equipment will perform a function satisfactorily during the manufacturing process for your drug products [21 CFR 211.68]. For example, The _____ process control computer monitoring system that is used to monitor various production and processing operations (e.g., operation conditions, equipment and component...
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Company:Serv-A-Pure Co.Product: Water purification systems for hemodialysis Date: 10/10/2002 Design Control and Design Inputs and Outputs. Your response to FDA-483 observation # 4 addresses the specific observation that the records were not signed and dated. We are concerned that the records referred to in this observation are maintained on a computer system, and your response...
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Company: Med-Mart Pulmonary ServicesProduct: Inhalation solutions Date: 9/30/02 Failure to perform routine calibration and to assure proper performance of all automatic, mechanical, and electronic equipment used in the manufacture, processing, packing, and holding of a drug product [21 CFR 211.68]. For example, your filtration unit, _____ small batch filler unit, industrial scale, _____ Pump, and...
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Recipient: Ronald G. Crystal M.D.Product: Investigational biologic products Date: 9/23/02 Subject _____ was enrolled in the study without Computerized Tomography (CT) documentation of the number of _____ present at the time of enrollment. Section 3.2 of the protocol requires that the subject have two or more _____ detected by CT scan. Issuer: Center for Biologics...
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Company: University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center.Product: Blood products Date: 9/12/02 In no more than fifteen (15) working days of receiving this letter, please notify this office in writing of the specific steps you have taken to correct these violations and to prevent them from recurring. Your response should also indicate the status of the...
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Company: Unit Dose Packaging Inc.Product: Drug products Date: 8/29/02 Failure to establish a written procedure to calibrate, inspect, and check automated, mechanical, or electronic equipment used to manufacture drug products to assure proper performance. [21 CFR 211.68 (a)]. Specifically, there is no data to demonstrate that production equipment (two mixers, one filler, a water system)...
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Company: University Hospitals of ClevelandProduct: Blood products Date: 8/19/02 With respect to your response to FDA-483 item #2, you stated that you will institute a computer change. We expect that changes to the computer system should be validated. Please provide documentation of the validation for this new change. Additionally, please explain what actions and/or retraining...
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Company: Fresenius Medical CareDate: 7/25/02 Product: Naturalyte Acid Concentrate Your firm failed to validate the new salt delivery system for process deviation 2002-005 dated February 1, 2002 for Naturalyte Acid Concentrate lot 2B0017 as required by 21 CFR 820.75. Furthermore, the new computer software included with the new salt delivery system is not validated for...
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Company: Abbott LaboratoriesDate: 7/19/02 Product: Drug products including Biaxin and Meridia FDA compared the MedWatch forms in your computer to your paper files, and this comparison revealed inaccurate data in serious and unexpected adverse drug experience reports submitted to FDA. These inaccurate reports are a violation of 21 CFR 314.80(c)(1)(i). FDA District: Chicago District Office
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483Company: American Red Cross City and Sate: Baltimore, MD FDA District: Baltimore, MD Dates of Inspection: 4/22-6/21/02 4. Failure of the quality control unit to determine root cause and prevent recurrence of significant deviations related to BSD 73.200M, “Shipping” version 1.7 January 2001. Between October 22, 2001 and April 23, 2002, the Chesapeake Region recorded...
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Company: St. Gobain Ceramiques Avancees DesmarquestProduct: Medical Devices Date: 4/26/02 You need to property validate the … furnace process. Please supply a complete proposed validation protocol for the … furnace. This protocol should specifically address if any aspect of this furnace is computer controlled and how the software will be validated. Enclosed are copies of...
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Company: American Dental Technologies Inc.Date: 4/18/02 Product: Dental device systems, including PulseMaster 600-IQ and DioLase ST Dental Laser System, PowerPAC High Speed Curing Light System, KCP 5 and 1000 Air Abrasive Kinetic Cavity Preparation System and Ultracam Intraoral Camera System Failure to maintain adequate device master records [21 CFR 820.181] [FDA- 483 Item 5]. For...
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Company: A-VOX Systems Inc.Date: 4/18/2002 Product: Various oximeter models used for whole blood measurements and disposable cuvettes Failure to maintain procedures to ensure all purchased or otherwise received products and services conform to specified requirements [21 CFR 820.50; see also 820.80]. For example, your firm failed to ensure that the supplier of the main computer...
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Company: Ochsner Clinical FoundationDate: 03/05/2002 Product: Investigational device The manual does not adequately describe how the CIC support staff prepares and maintains records of all IRB activities, including meeting minutes, records and reports associated with investigations, and archiving. The manual does not describe how data and information are gathered, stored, and analyzed to prevent research...
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Company: Sysmex CorpDate: 01/22/2002 Product name: Clinical laboratory diagnostic devices, including hematology, reticulocyte, urinalysis and coagulation analyzers Failure to establish and maintain documented procedures to control and verify the design of the device in order to ensure that specified design requirements are met, as specified in 21 CFR 820(a)(1). For example, there were no procedures...
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Company: Pharmaceutical Distribution SystemsDate: 01/03/2002 Product: Drug products Failure to exercise appropriate controls over and to routinely calibrate, inspect, or check automatic, mechanical, or electronic equipment used in the manufacturing, processing, and packaging of a drug product according to a written program designed to assure proper performance (21 CFR 211.68) in that, the installation qualification...
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Company: Natural Technology Inc.Date: 12/14/01 Product: Drug products Failure to maintain records of calibration checks and inspections of automatic, mechanical, or electronic equipment [21 CFR 211.68(a)]. For example, incubator and refrigerator thermometers associated with equipment that stores microbiological media have not been calibrated. FDA District: Dallas District Office
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Company: Medical Device Services Inc.Date: 12/13/2001 Product Name: Single use medical devices, such as general surgery, orthopedic, laparoscopic and cardiovascular instruments, including biopsy forceps, needles, burrs, drill bits, saw blades, trocars, retractors, blood pressure cuffs, catheters and guidewires Failure to validate computer software for its intended use according to an established protocol prior to approval...
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Company: Cardinal Enterprises Inc. Date: 12/07/2001 Product: Drug products Master production and control records are not prepared, dated, and signed by one person with a full handwritten signature and independently checked, dated and signed by a second person. Master production records are generated from a computer as electronic records without any apparent controls to assure...
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Company: Bunnell Inc.Date: 10/29/01 Product: High frequency jet ventilators and accessories for neonatal use Failure to validate processes that cannot by fully verified by subsequent inspection and test, as required by 21 CFR 820.75(a). For example the compliant handling software program, ultrasonic sealing procedure, leak testing procedure, and injection molding procedure have not been validated....
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Company: Sorenson Development IncDate: 10/17/01 Product: Infusion pumps and other medical devices Failure to validate processes with a high degree of assurance where the results cannot be fully verified by subsequent inspection and testing, and have those processes approved and documented according to established procedures, as required by 21 CFR 820.75(a). Specifically, revalidation of the...
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Company: Grand RapidsDate: 10/1/01 Product: Thumper cardiopulmonary resuscitator Your response to FDA-483 point #6 regarding 21 CFR Part 11 – Electronic Records is not adequate as explained in more detail below. 21 CFR Part 11 During the FDA inspection it was discovered that electronic records are used to establish the firm’s Complaint Files, 21 CFR...
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Company: Cleveland Medical Devices Inc.Date: 9/17/01 Product: Wireless medical telemetry monitoring systems No documented corrective and preventative action for software bugs found during retrospective validation. Validation testing revealed several responses that were unexpected and may potentially adversely effect the performance of the Model 15 The above stated inspection revealed that your devices are adulterated within...
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Company: B. Braun Medical Inc.Date: 9/17/01 Product: Disposable IV sets Failure to validate computer software used to (1) control the Eto sterilization process, for example, _____ cycles, and (2) control the _____ _____) employed in the manufacture of disposable IV sets, to ensure the software will perform for its intended use. 21 CFR 820.70(i). FDA...
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Company: Total Medical Information Management Systems Inc.Date: 9/7/01 Product: Picture archiving and communications systems software During an inspection of your establishment located in Longwood, Florida on August 6-7, 2001, FDA Investigator Ronald T. Weber determined that your establishment is a manufacturer and distributor of picture archiving and communication systems software, which is a medical device...
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