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Device product

VITROS Immunodiagnostic Products Free T3 Reagent Pack-IVD is for the quantitative measurement of free triiodothyronine (FT3) in human serum and plasma (EDTA or heparin). Product Code: 131 5589

Z-1818-2024

April 09, 2024

Class II

Product summary

Firm
QUIDELORTHO
Event
Event 94436
Status
Ongoing
Classification
Class II
Quantity
21268 units
Official record key
device-enforcement:Z-1818-2024

Official wording

Reason: T3 Reagent Packs used with Free T3 Calibrators may produce positively biased results for patient and quality control samples. The positive bias may cause erroneous patient results or a delay in testing that may impact patient management, clinical assessment, and the results of other thyroid function tests.

Code information: UDI-DI: 10758750008797 Lot Numbers: 3042 Expiry: 09-Apr-2024; 3052 Expiry: 02-May-2024; 3061 Expiry: 06-Jun-2024; 3080 Expiry: 02-May-2024; 3090 Expiry: 14-Jun-2024; 3100 Expiry: 29-Jul-2024; 3110 Expiry: 13-Aug-2024; 3126 Expiry: 04-Sep-2024

Distribution pattern: Worldwide distribution - US Nationwide and the countries of Australia, Belgium, Bermuda, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Denmark, France, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Norway, Portugal, Russia, Singapore , Spain, Sweden, The Netherlands, United Kingdom.

Derived failure modes

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    reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0

    T3 Reagent Packs used with Free T3 Calibrators may produce positively biased results for patient and quality control samples. The positive bias may cause erroneous patient results or a delay in testing that may impact patient management, clinical assessment, and the results of other thyroid function tests.