VITROS 5600 Integrated System — Class II medical device recall Z-0078-2015
Terminated recall by Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, reported 2014-10-22, distributed nationwide. Ortho Clinical Diagnostics (OCD) identified an anomaly with Software Version 3.0 and below on the VITROS 4600
| Recall number | Z-0078-2015 |
|---|---|
| Product type | Medical device |
| Classification | Class II |
| Status | Terminated |
| Voluntary or mandated | Voluntary |
| Recalling firm | Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Rochester, NY, United States |
| Recall initiated | 2014-09-08 |
| Classified | 2014-10-16 |
| Reported by FDA | 2014-10-22 |
| Terminated | 2018-05-21 |
| Distributed | Nationwide (US) |
| Countries outside the US | AU, BR, CA, CL, CN, CO, DE, ES, FR, GB, IN, IT, JP, MX, PA, SG, VE |
| Reason classes | labeling, potency, software |
| Serial numbers | J56000110, J56001995 |
Product
VITROS 5600 Integrated System, System Product Code 6802413. For use in the in vitro quantitative, semi-quantitative, and qualitative measurement of a variety of analytes of clinical interest, using VITROS Chemistry Products Slides, VITROS Chemistry Products MicroTip Reagents and VITROS Immunodiagnostic Products Reagents.
Reason for recall
Ortho Clinical Diagnostics (OCD) identified an anomaly with Software Version 3.0 and below on the VITROS 4600 Chemistry Systems and VITROS Integrated Systems. Internal testing confirmed that when using calibrator barcode labels supplied with VITROS Chemistry Products Calibrator Kits 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, or 9, an unexpected assay calibration may occur if assay targets are unassigned (i.e., hidden).
Machine access
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