FDA Recall Terminated

Clearview hCG Combo with Reference Line, Wampole Laboratories, ABI List No/Product No. 6028KCV; 30 Individually pouched test cassettes with disposable pipettes, 1 Directional Insert; Inverness Medical Professional Diagnostics Group; Marketed by Wampole Laboratories, 2 Research Way, Princeton NJ 08540 USA

Recall: Z-0244-2008 · Initiated September 28, 2006

Recall

Recall Number
Z-0244-2008
Event Number
44894
Firm
Applied Biotech Inc
FEI Number
1000125390
Product Code
JHI
Status
Terminated
Root Cause
Process design
Initiated
September 28, 2006
Posted
November 21, 2007
Terminated
August 3, 2012
Address
10237 Flanders Ct, San Diego, CA, 92121-2901

Description

Clearview hCG Combo with Reference Line, Wampole Laboratories, ABI List No/Product No. 6028KCV; 30 Individually pouched test cassettes with disposable pipettes, 1 Directional Insert; Inverness Medical Professional Diagnostics Group; Marketed by Wampole Laboratories, 2 Research Way, Princeton NJ 08540 USA

Reason

Sensitivity: Kits contain test devices which may not meet the label claims for sensitivity, therefore use of such devices may produce false negative results with patient samples at or near the limit of detection of the product.

Action

A Product Recall Notification dated 9/28/2006, was provided via fax, email or direct mail to all primary consignees. Customers were instructed to block all stock of affected lots in their warehouses, contact their primary consignees and advise them to discontinue use immediately and dispose of any unused materials; using a fax back form to communicate to the recalling firm the quantity blocked and disposed of so that arrangements could be made for providing replacement product

Distribution

Worldwide: USA and Canada

Quantity

400 Kits (1,200 tests)