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Event 67332

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
January 20, 2014
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Horiba Instruments, Inc dba Horiba Medical

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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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ABX PENTRA Multical. ABX PENTRA N Control. ABX PENTRA P Control. The ABX PENTRA 400 and PC200 are benchtop clinical chemistry analyzers using two measuring principals: absorbance and ion selective electrodes. The ABX PENTRA Multical is a lyophilized human serum calibrator with chemical additives and materials of biological origin. The assigned values of the calibrator components are given in the enclosed annex, ensuring optimal calibration of the appropriate HORIBA ABX SAS methods on the ABX PENTRA Clinical Chemistry Analyzer. This calibrator is provided in ten vials of 3 ml.

Z-1146-2014
Recall number
Z-1146-2014
Initiated
January 20, 2014
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Quantity
2,023 units

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
HORIBA Medical is informing all ABX PENTRA MultiCal, N Control, and P Control customers running the Creatinine Rate Blank Method assay on the ABX PENTRA 400 and PC200 that the Target Values for Creatinine Rate Blank Method have been updated. This issue is only applicable to Creatinine Rate Blank Method values reported on the ABX PENTRA 400 and PC200 Chemistry Analyzers only. No other analyzers

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Reason for recall

HORIBA Medical is informing all ABX PENTRA MultiCal, N Control, and P Control customers running the Creatinine Rate Blank Method assay on the ABX PENTRA 400 and PC200 that the Target Values for Creatinine Rate Blank Method have been updated. This issue is only applicable to Creatinine Rate Blank Method values reported on the ABX PENTRA 400 and PC200 Chemistry Analyzers only. No other analyzers

Code information

Model Numbers:Multical - A11A01652, N Control - A11A01653, P Control - A11A01654. Lot Numbers: MultiCal: 1204101 and 1304901, N Control: 1300801, P Control: 1300601. Expiration Date (s): MultiCal: 1204101 Expires on 05/31/14, MultiCal: 1304901 Expires on 07/15/15, N Control: 1300801 Expires on 11/05/14, P Control: 1300601 Expires on 11/05/14.

Distribution pattern

United States nationwide distribution.