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Recall of Device Recall enGen(TM) Laboratory Automation System

According to U.S. Food and Drug Administration, this recall involved a device in United States 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
    73616
  • Event Risk Class
    Class 2
  • Event Number
    Z-1569-2016
  • Event Initiated Date
    2016-03-17
  • Event Status
    Terminated
  • Event Country
    United States
  • Event Terminated Date
    2018-05-30
  • Event Source
    USFDA
  • Event Source URL
    https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfres/res.cfm?id=144609
  • 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
    Analyzer, chemistry (photometric, discrete), for clinical use - Product Code JJE
  • Reason
    The electrical cable that supplies power to the cap vibratory feeder of the recapper module may loosen from its correct position above the vibration feeder support plate and migrate to under the support plate. if this occurs, the uncapped sample tubes may hit the cable, and sample fluid (e.G., serum) may splash from the tube and into another tube or onto the under carriage of the support plate.
  • Action
    On 3/17/2016 URGENT PRODUCT CORRECTION NOTIFICATION letter (Ref. CL2016-074, dated 3/17/2016)) was sent notifying the users of the issue and advise them of the required actions. The notification was sent via FedEx overnight courier and/ or ORTHO PLUS e-Communications and/ or US Postal Service Priority Mail (only to those consignees who provided a PO Box as an address) to all customers who received the affected product and advised them of the issue and the required actions. Foreign affiliates were informed by email on 3/17/2016 of the issue and instructed to notify their consignees of the issue and required actions.

Device

Device Recall enGen(TM) Laboratory Automation System
  • Model / Serial
    US Serial Numbers: JFBX395J, GBX395J, J953252, JJXBQW4J, J3RHC23J, J86PWC5J, J5LQ6Q2J, JFCM073J, J54FC01J, J5J4B45J, J7KSC15J, J4HX7S4J, JGWXQ52J, J953221, JG7BFB5J, JHPKG25J, JCXL941J, J736BM4J, JFXCBG3J; -- Foreign Serial Numbers: J89133 (VAS), JHWJZY4J, J3J4B45J, J953244, JCT20Q3J, J16XQH4J, GWJVY4J, DWX052J,  J271264, J271368, J271371, J271269, J85206, J953216, DP2LF62, J7023874, J7023847, J7025017, J7024893, J7023645, J7023435, J57663, J800103, S/N 89VQ762 (VAS), J75863, J75691, J30372, J3055503, J3055496.
  • Product Classification
    Clinical Chemistry and Clinical Toxicology Devices
  • Device Class
    1
  • Implanted device?
    No
  • Distribution
    Distributed in the states of MD, NY, ID, NC, CO, OH, PA, TN, MS, MO, CA, DE, FL, GA, AZ, NJ, and WV and the countries of Australia, Bermuda, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, France, India, Italy, Norway, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, and United Kingdom.
  • Product Description
    enGen (TM) Laboratory Automation System configured with Thermo Scientific Recapper Module (230V or 110V -- COMMON/USUAL NAME: enGen (TM) Track System -- NOTE: Outside the US the system is also known as VITROS Automation Solution (VAS) TC Automation System (configured with Thermo Scientific Recapper Module from VITROS Automation Solutions), Product Code 6844300 --- The enGen (TM) Lab Automation System is a modification to VITROS Analyzers that includes the addition of an automated track sub-system (TC Automation) for pre-analytical and post-analytical sample and data management. In addition to an Automated Track Sub-system, the enGen (TM) System includes one or more VITROS Chemistry, Immunodiagnostic and/or Integrated Systems (clinical analyzers) as well as a Data Management Subsystem (Middleware), and a Software Configuration (gsb) File. The enGen System is typically interfaced with a Laboratory Information System (LIS) via connectivity facilitated at the Data Management Subsystem level. The enGen (TM) Laboratory Automation System contains a module (i.e. enGen (TM)Laboratory Automation Recapper Module) that applies caps to the sample collection container after the sample has been aspirated. In this module, an electrical cable supplies power to the cap vibratory feeder and is supposed to be located above the vibratory feeder support plate. The cap vibratory feeder sits upon a feeder support plate. Un-capped sample containers pass underneath this support plate prior to being re-capped for storage. The Recapper Module is supplied by Thermo Fisher Scientific.
  • Manufacturer
    Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics

Manufacturer

Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics
  • Manufacturer Address
    Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, 100 Indigo Creek Dr, Rochester NY 14626-5101
  • Manufacturer Parent Company (2017)
    The Carlyle Group LP
  • Source
    USFDA