Database updated: 27 October 2026
Safety Information
Medsafe Online Recall Database
Detail of Recall
| Type of Product: | Device |
| Medsafe Reference: | 20118 |
| Brand Name: | Hologic ThinPrep 5000 Processor with Autloloader (Instrument Analyser) |
| Model: | |
| Affected: | |
| Software version: | |
| Recalling Organisation: | Pharmaco (NZ) Ltd Level 1 4 Fisher Crescent Mt Wellington AUCKLAND 1060 |
| Contact Information: | 0800 804 079 |
| Manufacturer: | Hologic Inc |
| Issue: | In rare cases, it is possible, for the ThinPrep® 5000 Processor with Autoloader to misread the value encoded in the vial barcode label. This occurs when the barcode scanner decodes a value that meets all symbology rules and check-digit validation but is not the intended value encoded in the barcode and processes the vial using this identifier. In an Autoloader configuration, if a misread occurs, the misread vial ID value is transferred to the slide and a slide is produced with the incorrect identifier |
| Recall action type: | Correction |
| Recall action: | Instructions for use to be updated |
| Level of recall: | Hospital/Pharmacy/Laboratory |
| Date Commenced: | 4/5/2016 |
