ClearanceBrief
Recall Z-0527-06 ยท GKZ Counter, Differential Cell

Abbott Laboratories

CELL-DYN CD 3/4/8 Assay Reagents for Sapphire Hematology Analyzer

DateFeb 16, 2006 (initiated Dec 16, 2005)
StatusTerminated
ReasonT-Cell test results and the respective absolute counts for the CELL-DYN Sapphire instrument using CD3/4/8 reagents can be overestimated by as much as 13%.
Root causeOther
ActionThe firm has sent notification letters dated Dec. 16, 2005 to all consignees requesting discontinuing of use, destruction of CD3/4/8 reagent if the lab does not plan to run on a CELL-DYN 4000 system.
Quantity871 units
DistributionNationwide and Canada, Venezuela, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Mexico and Singapore.
FDA recordOpen on fda.gov

510(k) clearances named in this recall

K010953CELL-DYN 4000 IMMUNO T-CELL (CD3/4/8) ASSAY
Abbott Laboratories, Jun 6, 2001