FDA Enforcement Class II Terminated

AIA Analyzer Pipette Tips used on Tosoh AIA-2000, AIA-1800, AIA-900 and AIA-600II Analyzers, 1000 tips/bag AIA-Analyzer Tips are disposable pipette tips packaged in bulk quantities and used on Tosoh Bioscience AIA Analyzers for lab analysis of various immunoassays.

Recall: Z-1830-2013 · Reported August 7, 2013

Enforcement

Recall Number
Z-1830-2013
Event ID
65576
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Product Type
Devices
Firm
Tosoh Smd Inc
Voluntary / Mandated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Initial Notification
Letter
Report Date
August 7, 2013
Initiation Date
May 15, 2013
Classification Date
July 30, 2013
Termination Date
November 27, 2013
Address
3600 Gantz Rd, N/A, Grove City, OH, 43123-1895, United States

Description

AIA Analyzer Pipette Tips used on Tosoh AIA-2000, AIA-1800, AIA-900 and AIA-600II Analyzers, 1000 tips/bag AIA-Analyzer Tips are disposable pipette tips packaged in bulk quantities and used on Tosoh Bioscience AIA Analyzers for lab analysis of various immunoassays.

Reason

Visual inspection of the pipette tips indicated that some of the tips were not uniform in size/length which was causing error messages on the analyzers.

Code Info

The following lots numbers are affected by this recall: 060811, 070111, B11, B11-12/23/2011, B12-02/07/2012, B12-04/30/2012, B12-06/01/2012, B12-08/06/2012, B12-09/05/2012, B12-10/26/2012, and B12-11/27/2012.

Distribution

Worldwide Distribution - USA including AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, NE, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, and WY. Internationally to Canada, Japan, Mexico, Chile, and Uruguay.

Quantity

11,309 bags