ARCHITECT Lactic Acid Part # 09D891T21 The Lactic Acid assay is used for the quantitation of lactic acid in human plasma.
- Company
- Abbott Laboratories
- Recall Initiated
- October 11, 2016
- Posted
- November 9, 2016
- Terminated
- May 17, 2017
- Recall Number
- Z-0379-2017
- Quantity
- 26, 837 kits
- Firm Location
- Abbott Park, IL
Reason for Recall
Abbott has identified negative interference from the drug N-Acetyl Cysteine (NAC) with the ARCHITECT Lactic Acid reagent (LN 9D89-21).
Distribution
Nationwide and Worldwide Distribution.
Lot / Code Info
Lot: 31497UN14 Exp.: 17 Oct. 2016; Lot: 09353UNI15 Exp.: 12 Feb. 2017; Lot: 45216UN15 12 May 2017; Lot: 14596UN15 Exp.: 30 Jul. 2017; Lot: 37055UN15 Exp.: 12 Oct. 2017; Lot: 14782UN16 Exp.: 21 Apr. 2018
Root Cause
Under Investigation by firm
Action Taken
Abbott Laboratories sent an Product Correction Immediate Action Required letter dated October 10, 2016, to all affected customers. Please review this letter with your Medical Director Taking the above information into consideration, you may continue to use ARCHITECT Lactic Acid reagent (LN 9D89-21) Please complete and return the Customer Reply Form If you have forwarded the product listed above to other laboratories, please inform them of this Product Correction and provide to them a copy of this letter Please retain this letter for your laboratory records. If you or any of the health care providers you serve have any questions regarding this information, U.S. Customers please contact Customer Service at 1-877-4ABBOTT (available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week). Customers outside the U.S., please contact your local area Customer Service. For further questions please call (847) 937-2550.