—#79476

Product

ARCHITECT Reaction Vessel, 2000 units per carton; for in vitro diagnostic use with the ARCHITECT i System; Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL 60064; list 7C15-01. The ARCHITECT Reaction Vessels are disposable containers in which the Chemiluminescent Microparticle Immunoassay (CMIA) reaction takes place for sample analysis.

FDA product code: JJE — Analyzer, Chemistry (Photometric, Discrete), For Clinical Use
Device class: Class 1
Medical specialty: Clinical Chemistry
Affected lot / code info: Product Number: 7C15-01; Lot Numbers: 68446P100, 69061P100, 69283P100, 68487P100, 69063P100, 69284P100, 68488P100, 69082P100, 69340P100, 68489P100, 69176P100, 69341P100, 68491P100, 69177P100, 69342P100, 68492P100, 69178P100, 69353P100, 68511P100, 69179P100, 69433P100, 68513P100, 69180P100, 69434P100, 68515P100, 69205P100, 69435P100, 68516P100, 69206P100, 69436P100, 68553P100, 69207P100, 69438P100, 69006P100, 69208P100, 69439P100, 69007P100, 69209P100, 69521P100, 69008P100, 69266P100, 69522P100, 69009P100, 69267P100, 69523P100, 69010P100, 69280P100, 69526P100, 69058P100, 69281P100, 69527P100, 69060P100, 69282P100 and 69660P100, 68306P100, 68389P100, 68390P100, 68391P100, 68392P100, 68393P100, 69684P100, 73657P100, 73742P100, 74114P100, 74115P100, 74117P100, 74235P100, 74277P100 and 74283P100. The recall was expanded to include an additional 40 lots on 12/7/09: 62616P100, 62756P100, 65386P100, 65388P100, 65740P100, 68007P100, 68097P100, 68119P100, 68241P100, 69683P100, 69686P100, 70421P100, 70431P100, 70563P100, 70565P100, 70598P100, 70601P100, 71077P100, 71092P100, 71168P100, 71234P100, 71235P100, 71239P100, 71304P100, 71447P100, 71448P100, 71450P100, 71451P100, 71515P100, 71519P100, 71550P100, 71554P100, 71555P100, 71558P100, 72252P100, 72293P100, 73319P100, 73464P100, 78387P100, and 80275P100.

Why it was recalled

Abbott has had an increase in complaints due to the receipt of error code 1006 (unable to process test, background read failure), error code 1007 (unable to process test, activated read failure) and incorrect results when using these lots of ARCHITECT Reaction Vessels.

Root cause (FDA determination)

Nonconforming Material/Component

Action the firm took

Consignees were contacted by phone and sent an "Urgent Field Safety Notice Product Recall" dated February 26, 2009. The letter informed users of the problem and detailed how to identify and discard the affected product. In addition, Abbott Laboratories asked the consignees to send a copy of the letter to any laboratory to which they may have forwarded any of affected lots. Abbott sent a second letter dated May 12, 2009 informing consignees of a recall expansion of additional affected lots. The recall was again expanded on 12/17/09 for an addtional 40 lots of reaction vessels. For additional information, contact Abbott Labs at 1-877-4ABBOTT.

Recalling firm

Firm: Abbott Laboratories
Address: 100 Abbott Park Rd, Abbott Park, Illinois 60064-3502

Distribution

Distribution pattern: Nationwide including Puerto Rico, and internationally to Canada, Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Colombia, Chile, Argentina, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Nicaragua, Germany, Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, South Korea, Uruguay, Austria, Bahrain, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Kuwait, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, Norway,Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Zimbabwe and Australia.

Timeline

Recall initiated: 2009-02-26
Posted by FDA: 2009-05-27
Terminated: 2010-11-04
Status: —

Source: openFDA Device Recall endpoint. Recall record ID #79476. The FDA issues recall classifications as health-hazard assessments, not legal findings; for legal claims consult a licensed attorney.