Reported Jul 20, 2016 · Terminated

VITROS Immunodiagnostic Products AFP Reagent Pack, REF/Product Code 680 0784, Unique Device Identifier No.…

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 · FELINDRE MEADOWS · Bridgend · N/A

Is this the product you have?

  • VITROS Immunodiagnostic Products AFP Reagent Pack, REF/Product Code 680 0784, Unique Device Identifier No. 10758750000876, IVD; --- Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics Percoed, Bridgend
  • UK --- Please notethe VITROS Immunodiagnostic Products AFP Calibrators, Unique Device Identifier No. 10758750000913, REF 680 0863, were included in the communication because they are lot-linked to the Reagent Packs and cannot be used with any other lot of reagent. There is no known failure with the Calibrators. For the quantitative measurement of alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) concentrations in human serum using the VITROS ECi/ECiQ Immunodiagnostic Systems, the VITROS 3600 Immunodiagnostic System and the VITROS 5600 Integrated System to aid in the management of patients with non-seminomatous testicular cancer
Lot codes and dates
    • Lots 6471 (expiry date 19-Jul-2016)
    • 6480 (expiry date 23-Aug-2016)
Amount recalled
US: Lot 6471 - 282, Lot 6480 - 344

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

Ortho Clinical Diagnostics (OCD) confirmed that specific lots of VITROS Immunodiagnostic Products AFP Reagent Pack product exhibit an increase in the reaction signal over time potentially resulting in the inability to calibrate and use the product.

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 Jun 8, 2018 · Data as of Sep 19, 6:00 PM UTC

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