Events

Recall of VITROS 5600 INTEGRATED SYSTEM SOFTWARE

According to Health Canada (via FOI), this recall involved a device in Canada that was produced by ORTHO-CLINICAL DIAGNOSTICS.

What is this?

A correction or removal action taken by a manufacturer to address a problem with a medical device. Recalls occur when a medical device is defective, when it could be a risk to health, or when it is both defective and a risk to health.

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  • Type of Event
    Recall
  • Event ID
    78605
  • Event Risk Class
    II
  • Event Initiated Date
    2010-07-28
  • Event Country
    Canada
  • Event Source
    HC
  • Notes / Alerts
    Canadian data is current through March 2018. All of the data comes from Health Canada, except for the categories Manufacturer Parent Company and Product Classification.
    The Parent Company and the Product Classification were added by ICIJ.
    The parent company information is based on 2017 public records. The device classification information comes from FDA’s Product Classification by Review Panel, based on matches of recall data from the U.S. and Canada.
  • Extra notes in the data
  • Reason
    Ortho-clinical diagnostics has identified two scenarios on the vitros 5600 integrated system (software version 1.4 and below) and vitros 3600 immunodiagnostic system (software version 1.4 and below) in which microwell and/or microtip reagent inventory may not be properly updated resulting in misidentified reagent packs and incorrect results or 'no result' being reported by the system.

Device

VITROS 5600 INTEGRATED SYSTEM SOFTWARE
  • Model / Serial
    Model Catalog: 680 2864 (Lot serial: >10 NUMBERS CONTACT MFR); Model Catalog: 680 2865 (Lot serial: 36000264); Model Catalog: 680 2863 (Lot serial: >10 NUMBERS CONTACT MFR); Model Catalog: 680 2866 (Lot serial: 36000116); Model Catalog: 680 2865 (Lot serial: 36000116); Model Catalog: 680 2866 (Lot serial: 36000130); Model Catalog: 680 2865 (Lot serial: 36000130); Model Catalog: 680 2866 (Lot serial: 36000264)
  • Product Description
    VITROS 5600 SYSTEM SOFTWARE 1.4 & BELOW
  • Manufacturer
    ORTHO-CLINICAL DIAGNOSTICS

Manufacturer

ORTHO-CLINICAL DIAGNOSTICS