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Event 73680

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
March 03, 2016
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Roche Molecular Systems, 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

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

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Hand-Held Scanner USB IT3800 For sample identification and tracking when used with various systems

Z-1578-2016
Recall number
Z-1578-2016
Initiated
March 03, 2016
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Quantity
6,939 pieces

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
The hand-held barcode scanner model IT3800 used with the COBAS AmpliPrep instrument mis-identified a sample barcode ID.

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

Official device-enrichment evidence · Sourced

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Reason for recall

The hand-held barcode scanner model IT3800 used with the COBAS AmpliPrep instrument mis-identified a sample barcode ID.

Code information

Material Number - IVD: 5401062001

Distribution pattern

Nationwide Distribution