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Event 83629

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
December 07, 2017
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Helena Laboratories, Corp.

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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Cascade Abrazo aPTT Test Card, Model 5722, For Export Only. The firm name on the label is Helena Laboratories, Beaumont, TX.

Z-2761-2019
Recall number
Z-2761-2019
Initiated
December 07, 2017
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Quantity
21 kits

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
Some of the cards show occasional shorter clot times than the expected variation resulting in a potential false negative result on the screening assay.

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

Official device-enrichment evidence · Unknown

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Reason for recall

Some of the cards show occasional shorter clot times than the expected variation resulting in a potential false negative result on the screening assay.

Code information

Lot number 2-17-5722, Exp. 2018-09-30

Distribution pattern

Distribution was made to Germany and Australia. There was no U.S. distribution.