Recall of Device Recall COBAS INTEGRA Creatinine Jaffe

According to U.S. Food and Drug Administration, this recall involved a device in United States that was produced by Roche Diagnostics Corp..

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
    25569
  • Event Risk Class
    Class 2
  • Event Number
    Z-0667-03
  • Event Initiated Date
    2003-02-13
  • Event Date Posted
    2003-03-21
  • Event Status
    Terminated
  • Event Country
  • Event Terminated Date
    2003-03-20
  • Event Source
    USFDA
  • Event Source URL
  • Notes / Alerts
    U.S. data is current through June 2018. All of the data comes from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, except for the category Manufacturer Parent Company.
    The Parent Company was added by ICIJ.
    The parent company information is based on 2017 public records.
  • Extra notes in the data
  • Reason
    After a cassette change, patient results and controls may be up to 40% too low or too high due to calibration factor variation.
  • Action
    An urgent product removal bulletin dated 2/14/03 was sent to each affected customer advising them to discontinue use of this lot, to discard any product on hand, and to contact Roche for replacement.

Device

  • Model / Serial
    lot 639106
  • Distribution
    United States
  • Product Description
    COBAS INTEGRA Creatinine Jaffe for use on the INTEGRA 400, 700 and 800 analyzers; system ID # 0764345, catalog # 20764345
  • Manufacturer

Manufacturer

  • Manufacturer Address
    Roche Diagnostics Corp., 9115 Hague Road, Indianapolis IN 46250-0457
  • Source
    USFDA