Culture Media, Enriched
FDA adverse event reports and recall history for culture media, enriched (product code KZI), from the public MAUDE/AEMS corpus and the live FDA recall database.
- Total reports
- 2,841
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 5
- Malfunctions
- 2,836
Reports per year
Source: FDA adverse event reports by year received, 2021–2026. Reporting paused during the 2026 MAUDE-to-AEMS transition and has since resumed.
Recent recalls
- 2010-01-15TerminatedEquipment maintenance
BBL (TM) Brain Heart Infusion, Catalog number 221778, package of 100 tubes, 0.5 mL tubes. Product is labeled in part *** Becton Dickinson and Company, 7 Loveton Circle, Sparks, Maryland 21152 USA*** 800-638-8663 A general purpose liquid medium used for the cultivation of bacteria employed in the preparation of inocula for microdilution minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) and identification (ID) tests.
In vitro diagnostic test reagent may contain residual material that inhibits the growth of gram positive/gram negative organisms.
- 2004-10-20TerminatedOther
Remel Chocolate Agar, catalog #01301, containing 15 plates/pkg, for in-vitro diagnostic use. The firm name on the label is Remel, Lenexa, KS.
The product does not perform as intended with some quality control organisms (Haemophilus influenzae)
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