Reported Feb 10, 2016 · Terminated

The ABX PENTRA Cholesterol CP ref. A11A01634 is an in vitro diagnostic assay for quantitative determination of…

Horiba Instruments Inc.

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 · 9755 Research Dr · Irvine, CA · 92618-4626

Is this the product you have?

  • The ABX PENTRA Cholesterol CP ref. A11A01634 is an in vitro diagnostic assay for quantitative determination of cholesterol in human serum and plasma based on an enzymatic photometric test (Trinders reaction). The assay is composed of a 99 ml mono-reagent cassette. Reagent is a chemical solution with additives.
Lot codes and dates
  • All Lots
Amount recalled
216

This recall covers 6 products

The agency filed one notice per product. You are reading one of them; the other 5 are below.

Where it was sold

Why it was recalled

N-Acetylcysteine (NAC) present in the blood of patients treated for paracetamol overdose can interfere with the Trinder reaction that uses hydrogen peroxide catalytic on aminoantipyrine and phenol, and can produce falsely low results with the reagents using the Trinder reaction method.

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 Jun 7, 2016 · Data as of Sep 19, 5:19 PM UTC

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