Events

Recall of VITROS Immunodiagnostic Products / ETALONS ACE

According to L’Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé (ANSM), this recall involved a device in France 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
  • Date
    2002-04-11
  • Event Country
    France
  • Event Source
    ANSM
  • Event Source URL
    https://ansm.sante.fr/S-informer/Informations-de-securite-Retraits-de-lots-et-de-produits/retrait-de-lots-du-dispositif-vitros-eci-etalons-ace-d-ortho-clinical-diagnostics
  • Notes / Alerts
    French data is current through early September 2018. All of the data comes from L’Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé (ANSM), 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 France.
  • Extra notes in the data
  • Action
    Ortho Clinical Diagnostics withdraws batches 210, 220, 230 and 240 from the in vitro diagnostic medical device called: VITROS Immunodiagnostic Products / ETALONS ACE - reference 1062306, due to a stability problem that could lead to calibration failure . Batches 210, 220, 230 and 240 of the VITROS Immunodiagnostic Products / ACE Reagent Cartridge, to be used compulsorily with the former, are consequently also withdrawn from the market. These devices allow the determination of Embryonic Carcino Antigen (ACE) in serum and plasma, on the VITROS immunodiagnostic system.

Device

VITROS Immunodiagnostic Products / ETALONS ACE

Manufacturer

ORTHO CLINICAL DIAGNOSTICS