FDA Enforcement Class II Terminated

VITROS 4600 Chemistry System (VITROS 5,1 FS System family member) --- The VITROS 4600 Chemistry System is intended for use in the in vitro quantitative measurement of a variety of analytes of clinical interest, using both VITROS Chemistry Products Slides (colorimetric endpoint, rate, ion-selective electrode, and immunorate methods) and VITROS Chemistry Products MicroTip liquid reagents (spectrophotometric and spectrophotometric immunoassay methods.) The VITROS Software is a part of the VITROS 3600, 4600, & 5600 Systems. The VITROS 3600, 4600, & 5600 Systems share the same software base. VITROS Sample Programming consists of Sample Identification (SID), test requests, and patient demographics. Patient demographics include patient name, address, date of birth, gender, physician, and patient identification (PID).

Recall: Z-2140-2014 · Reported August 13, 2014

Enforcement

Recall Number
Z-2140-2014
Event ID
68790
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Product Type
Devices
Firm
Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics
Voluntary / Mandated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Initial Notification
Letter
Report Date
August 13, 2014
Initiation Date
July 7, 2014
Classification Date
August 1, 2014
Termination Date
May 21, 2018
Address
100 Indigo Creek Dr, N/A, Rochester, NY, 14626-5101, United States

Description

VITROS 4600 Chemistry System (VITROS 5,1 FS System family member) --- The VITROS 4600 Chemistry System is intended for use in the in vitro quantitative measurement of a variety of analytes of clinical interest, using both VITROS Chemistry Products Slides (colorimetric endpoint, rate, ion-selective electrode, and immunorate methods) and VITROS Chemistry Products MicroTip liquid reagents (spectrophotometric and spectrophotometric immunoassay methods.) The VITROS Software is a part of the VITROS 3600, 4600, & 5600 Systems. The VITROS 3600, 4600, & 5600 Systems share the same software base. VITROS Sample Programming consists of Sample Identification (SID), test requests, and patient demographics. Patient demographics include patient name, address, date of birth, gender, physician, and patient identification (PID).

Reason

Ortho Clinical Diagnostics has identified an anomaly with VITROS System Software Version 3.0 and below. Internal testing confirmed that under very specific conditions, incorrect patient demographics were associated with a sample identification (ID) number.

Code Info

Serial Numbers J46000108 - J46000440 (J Numbers are analogous to Serial Numbers, for VITROS 4600 systems the J Numbers start with 4600XXXX)

Distribution

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

Quantity

Domestic: 81, Foreign: 238