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Event 65576

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
May 15, 2013
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Tosoh Smd Inc

Dossier provenance

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  • openFDA Device Enforcement Report-date coverage June 20, 2012–July 08, 2026 Known gap: openFDA describes 2004-present coverage, but the current export has no report-date records in this interval.
  • openFDA Device Recall event_date_initiated coverage June 01, 1997–June 30, 2026

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AIA Analyzer Pipette Tips used on Tosoh AIA-2000, AIA-1800, AIA-900 and AIA-600II Analyzers, 1000 tips/bag AIA-Analyzer Tips are disposable pipette tips packaged in bulk quantities and used on Tosoh Bioscience AIA Analyzers for lab analysis of various immunoassays.

Z-1830-2013
Recall number
Z-1830-2013
Initiated
May 15, 2013
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
Tosoh Smd Inc
Quantity
11,309 bags

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
Visual inspection of the pipette tips indicated that some of the tips were not uniform in size/length which was causing error messages on the analyzers.

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

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Reason for recall

Visual inspection of the pipette tips indicated that some of the tips were not uniform in size/length which was causing error messages on the analyzers.

Code information

The following lots numbers are affected by this recall: 060811, 070111, B11, B11-12/23/2011, B12-02/07/2012, B12-04/30/2012, B12-06/01/2012, B12-08/06/2012, B12-09/05/2012, B12-10/26/2012, and B12-11/27/2012.

Distribution pattern

Worldwide Distribution - USA including AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, NE, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, and WY. Internationally to Canada, Japan, Mexico, Chile, and Uruguay.