VITROS 5 — Class II medical device recall Z-0231-2016
Terminated recall by Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, reported 2015-11-11, distributed nationwide. Software Anomaly during ADD Installation on VITROS 5,1 FS Chemistry Systems using Software Versions 2.2.1 thro
| Recall number | Z-0231-2016 |
|---|---|
| Product type | Medical device |
| Classification | Class II |
| Status | Terminated |
| Voluntary or mandated | Voluntary |
| Recalling firm | Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Rochester, NY, United States |
| Recall initiated | 2015-09-10 |
| Classified | 2015-11-05 |
| Reported by FDA | 2015-11-11 |
| Terminated | 2018-05-29 |
| 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 | software |
| UPC / GTIN / UDI-DI | 10758750001132, 10758750001644 |
| Serial numbers | 34000119, J34000133, J34000193, J34000197, J34000212, J34000285, J34000316, J34000318, J34000337, J34000360, J34000420, J34000451, J34000478, J34000495, J34000497, J34000529, J34000538, J34000552, J34000557, J34000590, J34000596, J34000601, J34000631, J34000642, J34000761 and 39 more |
| Model numbers | 6801375, 6801890 |
Product
VITROS 5,1 FS Chemistry System, Catalog Number/Product Code 6801375, Unique Device Identifier No. 10758750001132, and VITROS 5,1 FS Chemistry System Refurbished, Catalog Number/Product Code 6801890, Unique Device Identifier No. 10758750001644. Intended for use in the in vitro quantitative measurement of a variety of analytes of clinical interest.
Reason for recall
Software Anomaly during ADD Installation on VITROS 5,1 FS Chemistry Systems using Software Versions 2.2.1 through 2.8. The user modified parameters would not be saved as expected, but remained changed to the default values obtained from the ADD disk.
Machine access
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Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration enforcement report via openFDA (CC0). Structured by Data Foundry (recall-structuring@2); last changed 2026-09-26. Not affiliated with or endorsed by FDA. Not medical or legal advice.