Reported Oct 3, 2012 · Terminated

Alere Triage TOX Drug Screen 9 Panel, P/N: 94402. The Alere Triage TOX Drug Screen is a fluorescence immunoassay…

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

Is this the product you have?

  • Alere Triage TOX Drug Screen 9 Panel
  • P/N94402. The Alere Triage TOX Drug Screen is a fluorescence immunoassay intended to be used with the Alere Triage Meters for the qualitative determination of the presence of drug and/or the major metabolites above the threshold concentrations of up to 10 distinct drug classes, including assays for acetaminophen/paracetamol, amphetamines, methamphetamines, barbiturates, benzodiazepines, cocaine, opiates, phencyclidine, THC and tricyclic antidepressants in urine. The acetaminophen/paracetamol assay will yield positive results when acetaminophen/paracetamol is ingested at or above therapeutic doses
Lot codes and dates
  • Lot Codes
    • K51245RB
    • W51022RB
    • W51207RB
Amount recalled
591 kits

Where it was sold

  • Nationwide

Why it was recalled

Alere San Diego is recalling Alere Triage TOX Drug Screen because there is a possibility that after installing the code chip provided with the affected lots: AMP, BAR, and PCP, the threshold ranges may not be consistently set correctly in all meters.

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

Notice updated Feb 1, 2013 · Data as of Sep 19, 5:26 PM UTC

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