Reported Aug 31, 2016 · Terminated

Alere INRatio2 PT/INR Professional Testing System Model Number: 0200431 Product Usage: The INRatio 2 PT Monitoring…

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 INRatio2 PT/INR Professional
  • Testing System Model Number0200431
  • Product UsageThe INRatio 2 PT Monitoring system is used for the quantitative measurement of Prothrombin Time (PT) in fresh, capillary whole blood. The INRatio 2 PT Monitoring system is intended for use outside the body (in vitro diagnostic use) by people taking warfarin and other oral anticoagulant (blood thinning) therapy who need to monitor the clotting time of their blood. The INRatio 2 PT Monitoring System is not intended to be used for screening purpose
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This recall covers 9 products

The agency filed one notice per product. You are reading one of them; the other 8 are below.

Where it was sold

  • Nationwide

Why it was recalled

Stop using this product now

Alere San Diego is initiating a voluntary recall for the Alere INRatio¿/INRatio¿2 PT/INR Monitoring Systems (Test Strips and Meters). This action is being initiated as a result of patients who had a therapeutic or near-therapeutic INR with the Alere INRatio¿/INRatio¿2 PT/INR Monitoring System but a significantly higher INR (outside of therapeutic range) when performed by a central laboratory.

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 Jul 20, 2017 · Data as of Sep 19, 5:21 PM UTC

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