VITROS Immunodiagnostic Products NT-pro BNP Reagent Pack, REF/Catalog 680 2156, IVD --- Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics Pencoed, Bridgend CF35 5PZ, UK
- Recall Initiated
- March 7, 2017
- Terminated
- June 14, 2019
- Recall Number
- Z-1765-2017
- Quantity
- US: 6324; Foreign: 1868
Reason for Recall
Increased frequency of calibration failures for VITROS Immunodiagnostic Products NT-proBNP Reagent Lots 1568, 1570, 1580 and 1590, due to background signals for these affected NT-proBNP lots that have been increasing with time since release testing, resulting in higher than expected VITROS Immunodiagnostic Products NT-proBNP level 1 calibrator signals produced, leading to calibration failures.
Distribution
Worldwide: United States, Puerto Rico, Bermuda, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, England, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Panama, Poland, Singapore, Spain, and Venezuela.
Lot / Code Info
Lot 1570 (expiry 22 March 2017), Lot 1580 (expiry 13 April 2017), Lot 1590 (expiry 27 April 2017)
Root Cause
Nonconforming Material/Component
Action Taken
On 3/7/2017, IMPORTANT PRODUCT CORRECTION NOTIFICATION letter (Ref. CL2017-048) was 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 and distributors who were shipped VITROS NT-proBNP Reagent Packs, Lots 1570, 1580 and/or 1590 to inform them of the issue and provided further instructions.