Reported Jan 9, 2013 · Terminated

ABX PENTRA AST CP, Part Number: A11A01629. The ABX Pentra AST CP reagent is a diagnostic reagent for quantitative in…

Horiba Instruments, Inc. dba Horiba Medical

Moderate riskThis product could cause temporary or reversible health problems — stop using it.

What you should do

Stop using the affected lot and contact the recalling firm for the return or refund process. Check the FDA enforcement report for lot-level detail.

Firm contact: Horiba Instruments, Inc dba Horiba Medical · 34 Bunsen · Irvine, CA · 92618-4210

Is this the product you have?

  • ABX PENTRA AST CP
  • Part NumberA11A01629. The ABX Pentra AST CP reagent is a diagnostic reagent for quantitative in vitro determination of Aspartate Amino Transferase (AST) in serum or plasma by colorimetry
Lot codes and dates
  • Lot number00456-4108
Amount recalled
66886 units

This recall covers 2 products

The agency filed one notice per product. You are reading one of them; the other one is below.

Where it was sold

Why it was recalled

Horiba Medical is recalling the ABX PENTRA AST CP because during the AST application validation on the Pentra C200 using an Audit Systems linearity kit, it was determined that two higher values for AST (expected at 800 U/L and 1000 U/L) were recorded at 280 and 199 U/L without alarm.

This product could cause temporary or reversible health problems — stop using it.

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Where this came from

Source: U.S. Food & Drug Administration (openFDA)

Read the FDA (openFDA device enforcement) notice

Notice updated Sep 12, 2013 · Data as of Sep 19, 6:15 PM UTC

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