BEUDAMED
    FDA Recall Terminated

    Alinity c Lithium Reagent Kit- intended for the quantitation of lithium in serum or plasma using respectively the ARCHITECT c Systems and the Alinity c analyzer List Number: 08P5320

    Recall: Z-2552-2019 · Initiated June 28, 2019

    Recall

    Recall Number
    Z-2552-2019
    Event Number
    83516
    Firm
    Sentinel CH SpA Via Robert Koch
    FEI Number
    3000303338
    Product Code
    NDW
    Status
    Terminated
    Root Cause
    Under Investigation by firm
    Initiated
    June 28, 2019
    Terminated
    July 24, 2020
    Address
    2 Milan Italy

    Description

    Alinity c Lithium Reagent Kit- intended for the quantitation of lithium in serum or plasma using respectively the ARCHITECT c Systems and the Alinity c analyzer List Number: 08P5320

    Reason

    Added an additional SmartWash parameter for the Lithium and Alinity c Lithium Reagent Kit, catalogue number 8L25-30 and 08P5320 to prevent the potential for carryover from the ARCHITECT Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH) reagent (LN 2P56) may result infalsely elevated lithium patient results

    Action

    Sentinel issued Urgent Field Safety Notice letter on 6/28/19 via email to the distributor. The Distributor Abbott notified customers by letter Urgent Field Safety Notice Product Correction dated July 11, 2019 advising of the problem, health risk and action to take: If the LDH reagent is installed on your instrument, please follow the instructions 1. Update the Lithium (LN 8L25-30) assay parameters to add the new SmartWash. For additional information, see the ARCHITECT System Operations Manual, Section 2, Configure the SmartWash settings (c System. Install the Alinit y c Lithium assay file version 6 to implement the new LDH SmartWash. Customer Service at 18774ABBOTT (available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week). Customers outside the U.S., please contact your local area Customer Service

    Distribution

    Nationwide Foreign: ARGENTINA AUSTRALIA AUSTRIA AZERBAIJAN BANGLADESH BELARUS BELGIUM BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVI BRAZIL BRUNEI CANADA CHILE COLOMBIA COSTA RICA CROATIA CZECH REPUBLIC DENMARK FAROE ISLANDS FINLAND FRANCE GERMANY GREECE GREENLAND HONG KONG IRELAND ISRAEL ITALY JORDAN KUWAIT LEBANON LUXEMBOURG MALAYSIA MALDIVES MEXICO MOROCCO NETHERLANDS NEW ZEALAND NIGERIA NORWAY OMAN PAKISTAN PANAMA PARAGUAY PHILIPPINES POLAND PORTUGAL PUERTO RICO ROMANIA RWANDA SAUDI ARABIA SLOVAKIA SOUTH AFRICA SPAIN ST. VINCENT SWEDEN SWITZERLAND TAIWAN THAILAND TURKEY UAE UNITED KINGDOM URUGUAY

    Quantity

    1217 kits