Recall Record

Rochester, NY, United States

Ortho Clinical Diagnostics recalls

15 recalls recorded since 2018, most recently on 10 September 2021. 3 are listed as ongoing. Status and classification are as published by the FDA.

Recalls15
Ongoing (FDA)3
Terminated or completed12
Class I (FDA)0

Terminated Class II Medical devices

Recall started
10 September 2021
Terminated
13 February 2024
Reason
VITROS Immunodiagnostic Products Anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG Quantitative Controls Outside of Expected Control Range, potential for delayed results
Distribution
Worldwide Distribution: US (Nationwide) in states of: AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, DC, FL, ID, KS, KY, LA, ME, MI, MS, MO, NY, TN, TX and WV; and OUS (Foreign) in countries of: Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, India, Japan, Mexico, Singapore, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, P
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number
Z-0120-2022

Terminated Class II Medical devices

Recall started
15 December 2020
Terminated
27 July 2021
Reason
Eltrombopag Interference for VITROS Chemistry Products TP Slides and VITROS XT Chemistry Products ALB-TP Slides
Distribution
Worldwide distribution - US Nationwide distribution and the countries of AR, AU, BM, BR, CA, CL, CN, CO, CR, DO, EC, FR, FR, GT, HT, IN, JP, MX, PA, PE, PR, PY, SV.
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall numbers
Z-0845-2021, Z-0844-2021

Ongoing Class II Medical devices

Recall started
11 December 2020
Reason
VITROS Chemistry Products CKMB Slides Potential for Falsely Elevated Results Due to CK-MM Interference
Distribution
Worldwide distribution - US Nationwide distribution and the countries of Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, India, Japan, Mexico, Singapore 609917, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Poland, Russia, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Belgium, The Netherlands.
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number
Z-0770-2021

Ongoing Class III Medical devices

Recall started
16 October 2020
Reason
Product instability; biased ALKP values obtained from VITROS Chemistry Products Performance Verifier II Lot Q7692 when stored unopened at refrigerated temperatures
Distribution
Worldwide distribution - US Nationwide distribution and the countries of Australia, Belgium, Bermuda, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Denmark, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, The Netherlands, United Kingdom.
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number
Z-0471-2021

Terminated Class II Medical devices

Recall started
30 September 2020
Terminated
7 December 2023
Reason
Elevated sample results signal/cutoff (s/c) values when using eight (8) lots of VITROS immunodiagnostic Products Anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG Calibrator and decreased signal in one (1) lot of VITROS¿ Immunodiagnostic Products Anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG Control
Distribution
Worldwide distribution - US Nationwide distribution and the countries of Australia, Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, India, Japan, Singapore 609917, United Kingdom, Italy.
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall numbers
Z-0451-2021, Z-0450-2021

Terminated Class II Medical devices

Recall started
20 July 2020
Terminated
18 December 2023
Reason
When processing MicroSlides, slides that utilize Slot 18 in the CM rotor may be mis-positioned. As a result, certain VITROS MicroSlides may produce erroneous results.
Distribution
Worldwide distribution - US Nationwide distribution and the countries of Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Denmark, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, The Netherlands, United Kingdom.
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall numbers
Z-2879-2020, Z-2878-2020

Terminated Class II Medical devices

Recall started
17 July 2020
Terminated
16 July 2021
Reason
The reagent bottles may be swapped within the reagent pack, which may lead to false negative results or delayed results due to calibration failures, or quality control failures.
Distribution
Worldwide distribution - US Nationwide distribution.
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall numbers
Z-2771-2020, Z-2770-2020

Terminated Class II Medical devices

Recall started
20 May 2020
Terminated
16 November 2022
Reason
Modifications to MicroWell Qualitative Assay Parameters Not Retained- may be inadvertently reset to default in certain circumstances
Distribution
US Nationwide Distribution Foreign: Country AR AU BR CA CL CN CO DO FR ID IN JP KR MX MY NP PE PH SG TH TT VE VN
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall numbers
Z-2480-2020, Z-2483-2020, Z-2484-2020, Z-2482-2020, Z-2481-2020

Terminated Class III Medical devices

Recall started
10 March 2020
Terminated
26 September 2022
Reason
The specified reagent packs exhibit an increase in the frequency of unsuccessful calibrations.
Distribution
US Nationwide. Australia, Bermuda, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Columbia, Denmark, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, UK.
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number
Z-1834-2020

Terminated Class II Medical devices

Recall started
16 December 2019
Terminated
12 November 2020
Reason
Potential for Negatively Biased Na+ Urine Results Using Several Lots of VITROS Chemistry Products Calibrator Kit 2
Distribution
Nationwide Foreign: Australia Brazil Canada L3R 4G5 Chile China Colombia India Japan Mexico Singapore United Kingdom France Germany Italy Spain Portugal Poland Russia Denmark Norway Sweden Belgium Netherlands
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number
Z-1226-2020

Terminated Class II Medical devices

Recall started
14 October 2019
Terminated
13 November 2020
Reason
Potential for the instability of the diluents VITROS 7% BSA (Product Code 8262487) and VITROS Urine Electrolyte Diluent (UED) (Product Code 1110352) when stored in a 2mL cup for 7 days.
Distribution
Worldwide distribution - US Nationwide distribution and countries BM, AU, BR, CA, CL, CN, CO, IN, JP, MX, SG, GB, FR, DE, IT, ES, PT, PL, RU, DK, NO, SE, BE, NL.
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall numbers
Z-0740-2020, Z-0739-2020

Terminated Class II Medical devices

Recall started
8 July 2019
Terminated
19 October 2023
Reason
Potential Unsuccessful Calibration Due to Software Anomaly in VITROS System
Distribution
Worldwide distribution. US nationwide including Puerto Rico, Brazil, Canada, Chile, France, India, and Philippines.
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall numbers
Z-2179-2019, Z-2175-2019, Z-2174-2019, Z-2184-2019, Z-2178-2019, Z-2183-2019, Z-2176-2019, Z-2181-2019, Z-2182-2019, Z-2177-2019, Z-2180-2019, Z-2185-2019

Terminated Class II Medical devices

Recall started
29 November 2018
Terminated
6 February 2024
Reason
A stability issue in the calibrators may cause calibration failures or atypical Quality Control results following a successful calibration.
Distribution
Distributed nationwide domestically. Foreign distribution to Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, India, Japan, Mexico, Singapore, UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Poland, Russia, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Belgium, and the Netherlands.
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number
Z-0844-2019

Ongoing Class II Medical devices

Recall started
12 July 2018
Reason
The recalling firm determined that biased results may occur for specific VITROS Immunodiagnostic Products (MicroWell Assays) at biotin concentrations which are lower than indicated in the current Instructions For Use (IFU). Patients who are taking biotin supplements could potentially have biased sample results for affected assays at biotin concentrations lower than indicated in the current IFU.
Distribution
Worldwide Distribution - US Nationwide distribution, and countries of Australia, Bermuda, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, India, Japan, Mexico, Singapore, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Poland, Russia, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Belgium, and Netherlands.
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall numbers
Z-0058-2019, Z-0059-2019, Z-0060-2019, Z-0061-2019

Terminated Class III Medical devices

Recall started
10 July 2017
Terminated
6 August 2020
Reason
VITROS Performance Verifier II (PVII) Lot K4852 does not meet long term stability requirements for the AST Analyte (only) when the product is stored refrigerated for up to 6 months.
Distribution
Worldwide
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number
Z-0807-2018

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