VITROS Chemistry Products URIC Slides, REF/Product Code 194 3927 (300 slides per sales unit), Unique Device Identifier No. 10758750000340, Rx ONLY, IVD --- For in vitro diagnostic use only.
Recall
- Recall Number
- Z-0092-2017
- Event Number
- 74950
- Firm
- Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics
- FEI Number
- 1000136573
- Product Code
- KNK
- Status
- Terminated
- Root Cause
- Under Investigation by firm
- Initiated
- August 11, 2016
- Terminated
- June 11, 2018
- Address
- 100 Indigo Creek Dr, Rochester, NY, 14626-5101
Description
VITROS Chemistry Products URIC Slides, REF/Product Code 194 3927 (300 slides per sales unit), Unique Device Identifier No. 10758750000340, Rx ONLY, IVD --- For in vitro diagnostic use only.
Ortho Clinical Diagnostics confirmed that N-Acetylcysteine (NAC), a drug used for acetaminophen overdose, mucolytic therapy and is used as nutritional supplement, can interfere with VITROS GLU, LAC, TRIG, and URIC Slides assays.
Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics sent an URGENT PRODUCT CORRECTION Letter (Ref. CL2016-152) dated August 11, 2016 via FedEx overnight courier and/ or ORTHO PLUS e-Communications and/or US Postal Service Priority Mail (for PO Boxes only) to all customers who could order and use affected product to inform them that new interferant were identified for GLU, LAC, TRIG and URIC Slides which may cause biased results. Foreign affiliates were informed by e-mail on August 11, 2016, of the issue and instructed to notify their consignees of the issue. For questions, please contact our Ortho CareTM Technical Solutions Center at 1-800-421-3311. For questions regarding this recall call 908-218-8776.
Worldwide Distribution - US (Nationwide) Puerto Rico and Bermuda), Internationally to Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, England, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Republic of Panama, Poland, Singapore, Spain, and Venezuela.
US: 18,749 sales units; Foreign: 94,928 sales units