Events

Recall of Device Recall VITROS Chemistry Products PHYT Slides

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
    77613
  • Event Risk Class
    Class 2
  • Event Number
    Z-0273-2018
  • Event Initiated Date
    2017-06-12
  • Event Status
    Open, Classified
  • Event Country
    United States
  • Event Source
    USFDA
  • Event Source URL
    https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfres/res.cfm?id=156825
  • 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
    Enzyme immunoassay, diphenylhydantoin - Product Code DIP
  • Reason
    The firm identified the potential for biased results to be generated when processing vitros phyt slide product with citrate plasma specimen samples. the current instructions for use (ifu) and assay summary chart state serum, heparin plasma, and citrate plasma as acceptable specimen types for use with the phyt assay.
  • Action
    Ortho-Clinical Diagnostic sent an Urgent Product Correction Letter dated June 12, 2017, sent via FedEx overnight courier and/ or ORTHO PLUS e-Communications and/ or US Postal Service Priority Mail (for PO Boxes only) to all customers who have a VITROS analyzer that can process PHYT Slides to inform them that negatively biased results may occur when processing citrate plasma samples using VITROS Chemistry Products PHYT Slides. Customers were instructed to immediately discontinue using citrate plasma samples to process VITROS PHYT Slides. They were also informed that it is still acceptable to use serum and heparin plasma samples to process VITROS PHYT Slides. Foreign affiliates were informed by e-mail on June 12, 2017 of the issue and instructed to notify their consignees of the issue and the appropriate actions to take. For further questions, please call (908) 218-8776.

Device

Device Recall VITROS Chemistry Products PHYT Slides
  • Model / Serial
    Unique Identifier Number ( UDI) 10758750004690; This issue affects expired, current (in date) and future product GENs.
  • Product Classification
    Clinical Chemistry and Clinical Toxicology Devices
  • Device Class
    2
  • Implanted device?
    No
  • Distribution
    Worldwide Distribution - US Distribution including Puerto Rico and the following countries: Bermuda, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, England, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Republic of Panama, Poland, Singapore, Spain, Russia and Venezuela.
  • Product Description
    VITROS Chemistry Products PHYT Slides, REF/CATALOG 829 8671, Rx ONLY, IVD; Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Inc. || For in vitro diagnostic use only. VITROS Chemistry Products PHYT Slides quantitatively measure phenytoin (PHYT) concentration in serum and plasma using VITROS 250/350/950/5,1 FS and 4600 Chemistry Systems and the VITROS 5600 Integrated System.
  • Manufacturer
    Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics

Manufacturer

Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics
  • Manufacturer Address
    Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, 513 Technology Blvd, Rochester NY 14626-3601
  • Manufacturer Parent Company (2017)
    The Carlyle Group LP
  • Source
    USFDA