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Event 72120

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
August 27, 2015
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class III
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Alere San Diego, Inc.

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

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device · product 1 of 1

Alere Cholestech LDX Multianalyte Controls, PN 88769 and 88773. Enables users to monitor the performance of total cholesterol (TC), high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL), triglycerides (TRG) and glucose (GLU) test procedures.

Z-0122-2016
Recall number
Z-0122-2016
Initiated
August 27, 2015
Classification
Class III
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
Alere San Diego, Inc.
Quantity
190 kits

App-derived interpretation

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Alere San Diego is recalling the Alere Cholestech LDX Multianalyte Control because the assigned control ranges for the Total Cholesterol (TC) and Triglyceride (TRG) analytes are incorrect.

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

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Reason for recall

Alere San Diego is recalling the Alere Cholestech LDX Multianalyte Control because the assigned control ranges for the Total Cholesterol (TC) and Triglyceride (TRG) analytes are incorrect.

Code information

Lot C3091 and Lot C3091A

Distribution pattern

Nationwide Distribution.