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Event 81066

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
August 28, 2018
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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VITROS Immunodiagnostic Products Vitamin B12 Reagent Pack 1/2, Catalog Number 1453489 For in vitro diagnostic use only For the quantitative measurement of vitamin B12 in human serum and plasma (EDTA or heparin) using the VITROS ECi/ECiQ Immunodiagnostic Systems, the VITROS 3600 Immunodiagnostic System and the VITROS 5600 Integrated System, to aid in the differential diagnosis of anemia

Z-0392-2019
Recall number
Z-0392-2019
Initiated
August 28, 2018
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Quantity
6630

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
The reagent pack exhibits the potential for an increased frequency of calibration failures.

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Official device-enrichment evidence · Unknown

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Reason for recall

The reagent pack exhibits the potential for an increased frequency of calibration failures.

Code information

Lot 2601, 2610, 2620

Distribution pattern

Worldwide Distribution: US (nationwide) to the following US states: AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MO, MS, MT, NC, NE, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, VT, WA, WI, WV, and WY; and countries of: Belgium, Bermuda, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Columbia, Denmark, France, Germany, India, Italy, Portugal, Spain, and UK.