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Exact FDA event identifier

Event 71244

1 recalled-product record grouped only because every row carries this exact official event ID.

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
May 11, 2015
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Abbott Laboratories

Dossier provenance

Source snapshots represented here

  • 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

Enforcement coverage uses report dates; product initiation dates can precede those bounds. Device-enrichment coverage uses FDA event_date_initiated.

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device · product 1 of 1

Alkaline Wash, List number 9D31-20, a cleaning solution used by the Abbott Architect analyzers. It is supplied in 500 mL bottles and contains NaOCl, NaOH, and KOH. It is shipped and stored at room temperature and is shipped ready to use.

Z-1725-2015
Recall number
Z-1725-2015
Initiated
May 11, 2015
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
Abbott Laboratories
Quantity
8868 units

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
The product is leaking from the cap and crystallization was noted as present around the cap.

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

Official device-enrichment evidence · Unknown

An exact joined enrichment record exists, but none supplies supported root-cause wording. This is not an FDA finding of an unknown cause.

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Reason for recall

The product is leaking from the cap and crystallization was noted as present around the cap.

Code information

Lot number 49059UN14, Expiration data 04-MAR-2016.

Distribution pattern

Worldwide Distribution - US (nationwide), Mexico, Colombia, Brazil, Germany, Hong Kong, Belgium, Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, China, New Zealand, Uruguay, Puerto Rico, St. Lucia, Austria, Croatia, Denmark, France, India, Isreal, Bermuda, Curacao, Cayman Islands, Jamaica, Canada, Bangladesh, Cyprus, Estonia, Greece, Indonesia, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Macedonia, Norway, Portugal, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Taiwan, UAE, Kenya, Lithuania, Malaysia, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Slovenia, Sweden, Tunisia, United Kingdom, Kuwait, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Singapore, South Africa, Switzerland, Turkey, and Vietnam.