Reported Jul 9, 2025 · Ongoing

Brand Name: VITROS Product Name: VITROS 4600 Chemistry System Model/Catalog Number: (1) 6802445, (2) 6900440 Software…

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

Is this the product you have?

  • Brand NameVITROS
  • Product NameVITROS 4600
  • Chemistry System Model/Catalog Number
    • (1) 6802445
    • (2) 6900440
  • Software Versionversion 3.2 to version 3.8.3 (all available
  • software versions) Product DescriptionIn vitro diagnostic chemistry analyzer
Lot codes and dates

9 of 9 products

Products covered by this recall
Model / numberBarcodesProduct as published
VITROS 4600 Chemistry System
6802445
10758750012343UDI: 10758750012343
VITROS 4600 Chemistry System - Refurbished
6900440
10758750033201UDI: 10758750033201
Range of installed serial numbers:46000111-46001897
Manufacture date range: April 2011 to present Distribution date range
6900440April 2011 to present Total systems currently installed in the US: 135 Total systems currently installed outside the US: 1,127 Total systems installed worldwide (Product Quantity Distributed): 1,262 Note1: The catalogue number 6802445 is used to denote the VITROS 4600 Chemistry System. is used to denote VITROS 4600 Chemistry System- refurbished. A VITROS 4600 Chemistry System maintains its original serial number through the refurbishment process. Therefore, the manufacturing and distribution information for the two catalogue numbers will be combined. Note2: When manufactured, the system s serial numbers are sequential, but not all analyzers are released for distribution and therefore not installed. The range of serial numbers provided includes the identified minimum and maximum in serial numbers associated with all currently installed systems. Therefore, the amount of each system manufactured may not equal the amount of each system installed. Additionally, not all serial numbers listed are associated with an active installed analyzer in use today. Note3: The value given for "Product Quantity Distributed" is the total number of active installed systems that are in use today. This number is known to fluctuate as individual systems are installed and/or decommissioned.
Amount recalled
1262 units (135 US, 1127 OUS)

This recall covers 4 products

The agency filed one notice per product. You are reading one of them; the other 3 are below.

Where it was sold

  • Nationwide

Why it was recalled

a software anomaly allows test results to be reported using Micro Tip and Micro Slide diluent packs that the system treats as expired even when the Use Expired Reagents setting is not enabled if a shelf expiration date is omitted during manual loading. The issue was identified by a customer complaint, in which a CREA Urine test was processed with an RE (Reagent Expired) code, even though the diluent pack was not expired and the use-expired-reagents setting was disabled. This can result in erroneous test results and/or delaying test results.

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, 6:19 PM UTC

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