FDA Enforcement Class III Terminated

VITROS Chemistry Products K+ (Potassium) Slides (Reagent), REF/Catalog Number 815 7596, Product Usage: For in vitro diagnostic use only. VITROS Chemistry Products K+ Slides quantitatively measure potassium (K+) concentration in serum, plasma, and urine using VITROS 250/350/950/5,1 FS and 4600 Chemistry Systems and the VITROS 5600 Integrated System.

Recall: Z-1614-2013 · Reported July 3, 2013

Enforcement

Recall Number
Z-1614-2013
Event ID
65247
Classification
Class III
Status
Terminated
Product Type
Devices
Firm
Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics
Voluntary / Mandated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Initial Notification
Two or more of the following: Email, Fax, Letter, Press Release, Telephone, Visit
Report Date
July 3, 2013
Initiation Date
May 9, 2013
Classification Date
June 27, 2013
Termination Date
June 12, 2015
Address
100 Indigo Creek Dr, Rochester, NY, 14626-5101, United States

Description

VITROS Chemistry Products K+ (Potassium) Slides (Reagent), REF/Catalog Number 815 7596, Product Usage: For in vitro diagnostic use only. VITROS Chemistry Products K+ Slides quantitatively measure potassium (K+) concentration in serum, plasma, and urine using VITROS 250/350/950/5,1 FS and 4600 Chemistry Systems and the VITROS 5600 Integrated System.

Reason

While performing interval testing, Ortho Clinical Diagnostics (OCD) determined that a surfactant was unintentionally added to VITROS Chemistry Products K+ Slides during the manufacturing process.

Code Info

GEN 4102, Coating 0884, Lot XXXX (exp. 06/01/2014) and GEN 4102, Coating 0885, Lot XXXX (exp. 06/01/2014 and 07/01/2014). The term GEN and Coating refer to specific segments of the reagent lot number.

Distribution

Worldwide Disribution - USA Nationwide including 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: 236,364; Foreign: 8,339