Recall Z-1699-2012 ยท JJE Analyzer, Chemistry (Photometric, Discrete), For Clinical Use
Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics
VITROS 5600 Integrated System Software Version 1.6 & Below Product Usage: 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.
| Date | Jun 1, 2012 (initiated Apr 26, 2012) |
| Status | Terminated |
| Reason | Ortho Clinical Diagnostics is recalling VITROS 5600 Integrated System Software Version 1.6 and below because of an anomaly that may inadvertently add a surfactant to a CurveTip position. |
| Root cause | Software design |
| Action | Ortho Clinical Diagnostics (OCD) sent an Urgent Product Correction Notification letter dated April 26, 2012, via FedEx overnight courier to US consignees with VITROS 5600 Systems. The letter identified the affected product, problem and actions to be taken. Foreign affiliates were informed by email on April 26, 2012 of the issue and instructed to notify their consignees of the issue and actions. OCD recommend customers to group all DAT assays into a single run as described in the letter, until the next Software Version 2.0 is installed on their VITROS 5600 System. Customers were instructed |
| Quantity | 1357 units |
| Distribution | Worldwide Distribution - US (nationwide) |
| FDA record | Open on fda.gov |
510(k) clearances named in this recall
| K081543 | VITROS IMMUNODIAGNOSTIC PRODUCTS TSH REAGENT PACK AND CALIBRATORS, VITROS 5600 INTEGRATED SYSTEM Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Inc., Oct 23, 2008 |