Reported Aug 13, 2014 · Terminated
VITROS 5600 Integrated System --- For use in the in vitro quantitative, semi-quantitative, and qualitative measurement…
Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics
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 · 100 Indigo Creek Dr · Rochester, NY · 14626-5101
Is this the product you have?
- VITROS 5600 Integrated System --- For use in the in vitro quantitative, semi-quantitative, and qualitative measurement of a variety of analytes of clinical interest, using VITROS Chemistry Products Slides, VITROS Chemistry Products MicroTip Reagents and VITROS Immunodiagnostic Products Reagents. The VITROS Software is a part of the VITROS 3600, 4600, & 5600 Systems. The VITROS 3600, 4600, & 5600 Systems share the same software base. VITROS Sample Programming consists of Sample Identification (SID), test requests, and patient demographics. Patient demographics include patient name, address, date of birth, gender, physician, and patient identification (PID).
- Lot codes and dates
- Serial Numbers J56000110 - J56001954 (J Numbers are analogous to Serial Numbers, for VITROS 5600 systems the J Numbers start with 5600XXXX)
- Amount recalled
- Domestic: 838, Foreign: 949
This recall covers 3 products
The agency filed one notice per product. You are reading one of them; the other 2 are below.
Where it was sold
- Nationwide
- PR
Why it was recalled
Ortho Clinical Diagnostics has identified an anomaly with VITROS System Software Version 3.0 and below. Internal testing confirmed that under very specific conditions, incorrect patient demographics were associated with a sample identification (ID) number.
This product could cause temporary or reversible health problems — stop using it.
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