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Z-0277-04

Package Insert for TDx/TDxFLx and TDxFLx Carbamazepine Reagents, REF 9515, item number 69-5121/R4; Abbott...

Abbott Medical / initiated 2003-11-17 / Terminated / root cause: labeling and UDI

Abbott Laboratories HPD/ADD/GPRD began a recall of Package Insert for TDx/TDxFLx and TDxFLx Carbamazepine Reagents, REF 9515, item number 69-5121/R4; Abbott Laboratories, Diagnostics Division, Abbott Park, IL... on . The reason FDA records is "The package inserts contain incorrect values for the alternate unit (mol/L) Control Ranges". As of , the recall status on record is Terminated, and MDM tags the root cause as labeling and UDI.

Recall record

Recall number
Z-0277-04
Status
Terminated
Initiated
Posted
Terminated
Recalling firm
Abbott Medical
Product
Package Insert for TDx/TDxFLx and TDxFLx Carbamazepine Reagents, REF 9515, item number 69-5121/R4; Abbott Laboratories, Diagnostics Division, Abbott Park, IL 60064
Product code
KLT Enzyme Immunoassay, Carbamazepine
Reason for recall
The package inserts contain incorrect values for the alternate unit (mol/L) Control Ranges
Root cause tag
labeling and UDI
FDA root cause
Other
Action
Field Correction recall by undated letter sent on 11/17/03 to all customers receiving the affected lots of reagents. The accounts were informed of the incorrect values for the alternate unit (mol/L) Control Ranges 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 use the correct values listed in the table for the assays. The letters also listed the package insert item numbers for the updated inserts being used in current reagent production.
Quantity in commerce
2,893 kits
Distribution
Nationwide and internationally through Abbott subsidiaries in Mexico, Guatemala, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Chile, Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil, Puerto Rico, San Salvador, Canada, Germany, England, Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong, India, Taiwan, Thailand, Malaysia, Pakistan, Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Honduras, Costa Rica, Aruba, Bahamas, Panama, St. Croix, Jamaica and Paraguay.
Product codes and lots
Reagent List 9515-60, lot 03492Q100 and Reagent List 9515-85, lot 04530Q100 that contain insert item number 69-5121/R4