FDA Enforcement Class II Terminated

VITROS Chemistry Products PHBR (Phenobarbital) Slides, REF 822 1384. For the quantitative measure of phenobarbital (PHBR) concentration in serum and plasma.

Recall: Z-1152-2013 · Reported May 1, 2013

Enforcement

Recall Number
Z-1152-2013
Event ID
64707
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Product Type
Devices
Firm
Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics
Voluntary / Mandated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Initial Notification
Letter
Report Date
May 1, 2013
Initiation Date
March 14, 2013
Classification Date
April 19, 2013
Termination Date
June 23, 2015
Address
100 Indigo Creek Dr, Rochester, NY, 14626-5101, United States

Description

VITROS Chemistry Products PHBR (Phenobarbital) Slides, REF 822 1384. For the quantitative measure of phenobarbital (PHBR) concentration in serum and plasma.

Reason

Ortho Clinical Diagnostics (OCD) received customer complaints of intermittent imprecision, outliers, or shifts in accuracy and control fluid values outside of expected intervals when using VITROS Chemistry Products PHBR Slides. OCD's investigation confirmed that positively biased values for patient samples could be obtained that may not be detected by quality control fluids.

Code Info

All Lot Numbers containing: GEN 38, Coating No. 0060, Expiration Date Range 03/01/13 through 07/01/13; GEN 39, Coating No. 0062, Expiration Date Range 07/01/13 through 09/01/13; GEN 40, Coating No. 0063, Expiration Date Range 10/01/13 through 12/01/13; GEN 41, Coating No. 0064, Expiration Date Range 12/01/13 through 02/01/14. [A Coating (CTG) is a unique identifier within the Lot Number of some of OCD's products. The term GEN and CTG refer to a specific segments of the reagent lot number. Current lots within expiry were all from Coatings 0060, 0062, 0063 or 0064.].

Distribution

Worldwide Distribution-USA (nationwide) and Puerto Rico and the countries of Australia, Bermuda, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, England, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Republic of Panama, Singapore, Spain, and Venezuela.

Quantity

Domestic: 11,164 units, Foreign: 594 units