Reported Apr 10, 2024 · Ongoing

ARCHITECT Anti-HCV Reagent Kit, List Numbers: a) 1L79-25, b) 1L79-35

Abbott GmbH

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: Abbott GmbH · Max-Planck-Ring 2 · Wiesbaden · N/A

Is this the product you have?

  • ARCHITECT Anti-HCV Reagent Kit
  • List Numbers
    • a) 1L79-25
    • b) 1L79-35
Lot codes and dates
    • a) 1L79-25
    • 00380740001414
  • Lot Numbers
    • 52011BE00
    • 54140BE00
    • 56375BE00
    • 58163BE00
    • 59194BE00
    • b) 1L79-35
    • 00380740001421
  • Lot Numbers
    • 52015BE00
    • 54144BE00
    • 56379BE00
    • 58167BE00
    • 59198BE00
Amount recalled
7219 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

  • Nationwide

Why it was recalled

Customer complaints were received regarding falsely elevated results for some patient samples. Internal studies with customer return samples confirmed potential interactions that may lead to falsely elevated results when processed as below on the same instrument: " ARCHITECT Syphilis TP (LN 8D06) and/or ARCHITECT AdviseDx SARS-CoV-2-IgG II (LN 6S60) precedes ARCHITECT Anti-HCV testing (LN 1L79). " Alinity i Syphilis TP (LN 07P60) precedes Alinity i Anti-HCV testing (LN 08P05).

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

Data as of Sep 19, 5:39 PM UTC

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