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ICT Serum Calibrator REF 146-03. For use in the calibration of the serum Sodium, Potassium, and Chloride assays.

Company
Abbott Laboratories
Recall Initiated
July 22, 2014
Posted
June 27, 2015
Terminated
July 21, 2015
Recall Number
Z-1932-2015
Quantity
11,215 units
Firm Location
Abbott Park, IL

Reason for Recall

ICT Serum Calibrator may generate lower than expected Potassium Quality Control (QC) and patient results on the Abbott Architect cSystem.

Distribution

Worldwide Distribution-US (nationwide) including Puerto Rico, and the countries of Afghanistan, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bermuda, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Canada, Cayman Islands, Chile, China, Colombia, Croatia, Curacao, North Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Libya, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Republic of Yemen, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad & Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turks & Calicos, UAE, Uganda, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam, and Zimbabwe.

Lot / Code Info

Lot numbers: 21399UN13 (Expiration date: 5AUG2014), 67873UN13 (Expiration date: 12NOV2014), 74710UN13 (Expiration date: 8DEC2014), 82008UN13 (Expiration date: 14JAN2015), 88884UN13 (Expiration date: 4FEB2015)

Root Cause

Process control

Action Taken

Customers who received shipments of the affected lots were sent a Product Correction letter on July 22, 2014.

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