Reported May 29, 2013 · Terminated

VITROS Immunodiagnostic Products CK-MB Calibrators, REF 128 6293, IVD, Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics High Wycombe HP12…

Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics

Low riskThis product is unlikely to cause harm, but it breaks a safety or labelling rule.

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: Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics · 100 Indigo Creek Dr · Rochester, NY · 14626-5101

Is this the product you have?

  • VITROS Immunodiagnostic Products CK-MB Calibrators, REF 128 6293, IVD, Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics High Wycombe HP12 4DP, UK For use in the calibration of the VITROS ECi/ECiQ Immunodiagnostic Systems, the VITROS 3600 Immunodiagnostic System and the VITROS 5600 Integrated System for the quantitative measurement of CK-MB in human serum and plasma (EDTA or heparin).
Lot codes and dates
    • Lots 1400 (exp. 22 April 2013)
    • 1410 (exp. 20 May 2013)
    • 1420 (exp. 12 July 2013)
    • 1430 (exp. 5 August 2013)
    • 1440 (exp. 10 September 2013)
    • 1450 (exp. 18 November 2013)
    • 1460 (exp. 18 November 2013)
    • 1465 (exp. 13 November 2013)
    • 1480 (exp. 3 January 2014)
Amount recalled
Domestic: 3019 units, Foreign: 905 units

Where it was sold

  • Nationwide
  • PR

Why it was recalled

Internal testing demonstrated that opened-reconstituted VITROS CK-MB Calibrators stored at -20 degrees Celsius (-4 degrees Farenheit) generated invalid calibrations that were detected by positively biased quality control results.

This product is unlikely to cause harm, but it breaks a safety or labelling rule.

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Where this came from

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

Read the FDA (openFDA device enforcement) notice

Notice updated Mar 2, 2017 · Data as of Sep 19, 5:35 PM UTC

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