Reported Jul 18, 2012 · Terminated

Alere Triage Cardiac Panel PN 97000HS Used for the quantitative determination of creatine kinase MD (CK--MB), myoglobin…

Alere San Diego, Inc.

High riskUsing this product could cause serious injury, illness or death — stop using it now.

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: Alere San Diego, Inc. · 9975 Summers Ridge Rd · San Diego, CA · 92121-2997

Is this the product you have?

  • Alere Triage Cardiac Panel PN 97000HS Used for the quantitative determination of creatine kinase MD (CK--MB), myoglobin and troponin I in EDTA anticoagulated whole blood or plasma specimens.
Lot codes and dates
  • Phase 1
    • K50514B
    • W49753B
    • W49754B
    • W49756B
    • W49757B
    • W49758B
    • W49760B
    • W49761B
    • W49762B
    • W49764B
    • W49767B
    • W49768B
    • W49769B
    • W49770B
    • W50608B
    • W50613B
    • W50621B
    • W50623B
    • W50625B
    • W50632B
    • W50634B
    • W50637B
    • W50639B
    • W50641B
    • W50642B
    • W51114B
    • and W51119B
  • Phase 2
    • W49766B
    • W50605B
    • W50627B
    • W50628B
    • and W50629B
Amount recalled
6,044 kits

This recall covers 5 products

The agency filed one notice per product. You are reading one of them; the other 4 are below.

Where it was sold

  • Nationwide

Why it was recalled

Stop using this product now

Certain lots of the affected products may have significantly decreased precision relative to the package insert, which could result in an increased frequency of false positive or false negative results. These false positive and false negative results are unpredictable within lots and may not be detected by Quality Control testing.

Using this product could cause serious injury, illness or death — stop using it now.

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Where this came from

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

Read the FDA (openFDA device enforcement) notice

Notice updated Oct 18, 2013 · Data as of Sep 19, 6:10 PM UTC

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