Recall Z-1392-2009
Abbott Laboratories · initiated February 26, 2009
Product
ARCHITECT Reaction Vessel, 2000 units per carton; for in vitro diagnostic use with the ARCHITECT i System; Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL 60064; list 7C15-01. The ARCHITECT Reaction Vessels are disposable containers in which the Chemiluminescent Microparticle Immunoassay (CMIA) reaction takes place for sample analysis.
Codes / lots: Product Number: 7C15-01; Lot Numbers: 68446P100, 69061P100, 69283P100, 68487P100, 69063P100, 69284P100, 68488P100, 69082P100, 69340P100, 68489P100, 69176P100, 69341P100, 68491P100, 69177P100, 69342P100, 68492P100, 69178P100, 69353P100, 68511P100, 69179P100, 69433P100, 68513P100, 69180P100, 69434P100, 68515P100, 69205P100, 69435P100, 68516P100, 69206P100, 69436P100, 68553P100, 69207P100, 69438P100, 69006P100, 69208P100, 69439P100, 69007P100, 69209P100, 69521P100, 69008P100, 69266P100, 69522P100, 69009P100, 69267P100, 69523P100, 69010P100, 69280P100, 69526P100, 69058P100, 69281P100, 69527P100, 69060P100, 69282P100 and 69660P100, 68306P100, 68389P100, 68390P100, 68391P100, 68392P100, 68393P100, 69684P100, 73657P100, 73742P100, 74114P100, 74115P100, 74117P100, 74235P100, 74277P100 and 74283P100. The recall was expanded to include an additional 40 lots on 12/7/09: 62616P100, 62756P100, 65386P100, 65388P100, 65740P100, 68007P100, 68097P100, 68119P100, 68241P100, 69683P100, 69686P100, 70421P100, 70431P100, 70563P100, 70565P100, 70598P100, 70601P100, 71077P100, 71092P100, 71168P100, 71234P100, 71235P100, 71239P100, 71304P100, 71447P100, 71448P100, 71450P100, 71451P100, 71515P100…
Reason for recall
Abbott has had an increase in complaints due to the receipt of error code 1006 (unable to process test, background read failure), error code 1007 (unable to process test, activated read failure) and incorrect results when using these lots of ARCHITECT Reaction Vessels.
FDA-determined cause: Nonconforming Material/Component
Action taken
Consignees were contacted by phone and sent an "Urgent Field Safety Notice Product Recall" dated February 26, 2009. The letter informed users of the problem and detailed how to identify and discard the affected product. In addition, Abbott Laboratories asked the consignees to send a copy of the letter to any laboratory to which they may have forwarded any of affected lots. Abbott sent a second letter dated May 12, 2009 informing consignees of a recall expansion of additional affected lots. The recall was again expanded on 12/17/09 for an addtional 40 lots of reaction vessels. For additional information, contact Abbott Labs at 1-877-4ABBOTT.
Details
- Recall number
- Z-1392-2009
- Initiated
- February 26, 2009
- Posted by FDA
- May 27, 2009
- Terminated
- November 4, 2010
- Product code
- JJE – Analyzer, Chemistry (Photometric, Discrete), For Clinical Use
- Quantity
- 27,163 cartons
- Distribution
- Nationwide including Puerto Rico, and internationally to Canada, Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Colombia, Chile, Argentina, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Nicaragua, Germany, Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, South Korea, Uruguay, Austria, Bahrain, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia…
- Recalling firm
- Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL