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Event 72220

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
September 10, 2015
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics

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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device · product 1 of 1

VITROS 5,1 FS Chemistry System, Catalog Number/Product Code 6801375, Unique Device Identifier No. 10758750001132, and VITROS 5,1 FS Chemistry System Refurbished, Catalog Number/Product Code 6801890, Unique Device Identifier No. 10758750001644. Intended for use in the in vitro quantitative measurement of a variety of analytes of clinical interest.

Z-0231-2016
Recall number
Z-0231-2016
Initiated
September 10, 2015
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Quantity
Catalog # 6801375: Domestic 919; Foreign 1251; Catalog 6801890: Domestic 63, Foreign 147

App-derived interpretation

Device software or design reason.device_software_design · v1.0.0
Software Anomaly

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Software design

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Reason for recall

Software Anomaly during ADD Installation on VITROS 5,1 FS Chemistry Systems using Software Versions 2.2.1 through 2.8. The user modified parameters would not be saved as expected, but remained changed to the default values obtained from the ADD disk.

Code information

Software Versions 2.2.1 through 2.8; Catalog # 6801375 Serial Numbers: 34000119 through 34002323; Catalog # 6801890 Serial Numbers: J34000133, J34000193, J34000197, J34000212, J34000285, J34000316, J34000318, J34000337, J34000360, J34000420, J34000451, J34000478, J34000495, J34000497, J34000529, J34000538, J34000552, J34000557, J34000590, J34000596, J34000601, J34000631, J34000642, J34000761, J34000799, J34000805, J34000833, J34000851, J34000893, J34000946, J34000947, J34001006, J34001172, J34001218, J34001240, J34001243, J34001248, J34001251, J34001274, J34001297, J34001311, J34001317, J34001345, J34001378, J34001379, J34001389, J34001390, J34001396, J34001422, J34001472, J34001504, J34001569, J34001572, J34001612, J34001626, J34001633, J34001668, J34001755, J34001809, J34001840, J34001850, J34001875, J34001897.

Distribution pattern

Worldwide Distribution: US (nationwide) including Puerto Rico, and countries of: Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, England, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Republic of Panama, Singapore, Spain, and Venezuela.