Recall Z-1569-2016 ยท JJE Analyzer, Chemistry (Photometric, Discrete), For Clinical Use
Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics
enGen (TM) Laboratory Automation System configured with Thermo Scientific Recapper Module (230V or 110V -- COMMON/USUAL NAME: enGen (TM) Track System -- NOTE: Outside the US the system is also known as VITROS Automation Solution (VAS) TC Automation System (configured with Thermo Scientific Recapper Module from VITROS Automation Solutions), Product Code 6844300 --- The enGen (TM) Lab Automation Sy
| Date | Mar 17, 2016 |
| Status | Terminated |
| Reason | The electrical cable that supplies power to the cap vibratory feeder of the Recapper Module may loosen from its correct position above the vibration feeder support plate and migrate to under the support plate. If this occurs, the uncapped sample tubes may hit the cable, and sample fluid (e.g., serum) may splash from the tube and into another tube or onto the under carriage of the support plate. |
| Root cause | Component design/selection |
| Action | On 3/17/2016 URGENT PRODUCT CORRECTION NOTIFICATION letter (Ref. CL2016-074, dated 3/17/2016)) was sent notifying the users of the issue and advise them of the required actions. The notification was sent via FedEx overnight courier and/ or ORTHO PLUS e-Communications and/ or US Postal Service Priority Mail (only to those consignees who provided a PO Box as an address) to all customers who received the affected product and advised them of the issue and the required actions. Foreign affiliates were informed by email on 3/17/2016 of the issue and instructed to notify their consignees of the iss |
| Quantity | US: 19, Foreign: 30 |
| Distribution | Distributed in the states of MD, NY, ID, NC, CO, OH, PA, TN, MS, MO, CA, DE, FL, GA, AZ, NJ, and WV and the countries of Australia, Bermuda, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, France, India, Italy, Norway, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, and United Kingdom. |
| FDA record | Open on fda.gov |
510(k) clearances named in this recall
| K063144 | VITROS 5,1 FS CHEMISTRY SYSTEM WITH ENGEN LABORATORY AUTOMATION SYSTEM Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Inc., Nov 13, 2006 |