Database updated: 27 October 2026
Safety Information
Medsafe Online Recall Database
Detail of Recall
| Type of Product: | Device |
| Medsafe Reference: | 25289 |
| Brand Name: | BACT/ALERT® VIRTUO |
| Model: | BACT/ALERT® VIRTUO® R2.0 with MYLA |
| Affected: | |
| Software version: | |
| Recalling Organisation: | Medi'Ray New Zealand Ltd 53-55 Paul Matthews Road Albany Auckland 0632 |
| Contact Information: | 0800 633 472 |
| Manufacturer: | BioMerieux Inc |
| Issue: | The manufacturer has received customer reports where, after extending the maximum test incubation time (MTT) via the Laboratory Information System (LIS) on a BACT/ALERT® VIRTUO® R2.0 with MYLA®, the corresponding culture bottles were discharged at the original completion time instead of the modified completion time. |
| Recall action type: | Correction |
| Recall action: | Software to be upgraded |
| Level of recall: | Hospital/Pharmacy/Laboratory |
| Date Commenced: | 24/10/2019 |
