Abbott Laboratories HPD/ADD/GPRD Recalls
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Architect Anti-HBs Reagent Kit; list 7C18-20, 4 x 100 tests, list 7C18-25, 100 tests and list 7C18-30, 4 x 500 tests; Abbott Diagnostics, a Division of Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL 60064
There is a potential for significant differences in quantitative results for certain specimens when using the affected reagent lots.
Abbott affiliates in Canada, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, England and Japan were e-mailed copies of the recall letter on 8/27/04 for translation where needed and dissemination to their accounts receiving the suspect lots. The end users were advised of the potential for significant differences in quantitative results for certain specimens and were instructed to discontinue use and destroy any of the affected lots remaining.
ARCHITECT B12 Reagents, List 6C09-20 (4 x 100 tests) and List 6C09-25 (100 tests); Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL 60064 USA; Abbott, Max-Planck-Ring 2, 65205 Wiesbaden, Germany
Changes in the ARCHITECT B12 Reagent lots may adversely affect the shape of the calibration curve, over time. These changes may produce controls out of range low and similar decreases in patient sample values prior to current expiration of the reagents.
Abbott affiliates in Canada, Germany, Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand and Japan were e-mailed copies of the recall letter on 8/19/04 for translation where needed and dissemination to their accounts receiving the suspect lots. The end users were advised of the potential for changes in the reagents over time that affect the shape of the calibration curve, producing controls out of range low and similar decreases in patient sample values. The accounts were instructed to manually update the expiration dates for the reagent lots according to the chart given in the recall letter for any of the affected lots remaining in inventory. The expiration date reported by the Architect instrument must also be manually updated.
ARCHITECT CA 19-9 Reagent Kit, list 6C04-20 (1 x 100 tests) and 6C04-25 (4 x 100 tests), Abbott laboratories, Abbott Park, IL 60064 U.S.A.
The reagent lots may produce patient results that are lower than expected when compared to other lots of in-date reagents.
Abbott international affiliates were notified of the recall by e-mail on 3/23/04, and requested to notify their customers.
TDx/TDxFLx C-Reactive Protein (CRP) Reagents, list 9550-60; Abbott Laboratories, Diagnostics Division, Abbott Park, IL 60064
The reagent package inserts for the products contain incorrect information in the Specific Performance Characteristics section. Accuracy by Correlation table
Field Correction recall by Important Product Information letter dated 12/5/03, sent via Federal Express Priority on the same date to all customers receiving the affected reagents. The accounts were informed of the incorrect values for the Specific Performance Characteristics listed in the package inserts of the reagent kits. The letters contained a table listing the incorrect values and the correct values for each of the products, and the users were instructed to replace their product inserts with the enclosed revised package inserts for all product specific reagent kits in their laboratory.