RecallDepth

The ARCHITECT c8000, Clinical Chemistry Analyzer, Manufactured by Abbott Laboratories, Irving, Texas

Company
Abbott Laboratories, Inc
Recall Initiated
November 17, 2003
Posted
December 24, 2003
Terminated
October 28, 2004
Recall Number
Z-0263-04
Quantity
148
Firm Location
Irving, TX

Reason for Recall

Sample Identification (SID) numbers of a bar coded sample may be truncated, or shortened, after being scanned by the bar code reader (e.g. an actual SID of 123456 is shortened to 1234)

Distribution

Mexico, Puerto Rico, Japan, Taiwan, Australia, Colombia, Cananda, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Netherlands, Singapore, Germany, Grand Cayman, Korea, Chile, Thailand, TX, PA, SC, CA, IN.

Lot / Code Info

List Number 1G06-01, all serial numbers

Root Cause

Other

Action Taken

The firm plans to distribute a Product Information Letter and an updated ARCHITECT i System Operations Manufal Addendum to all US ARCHITECT customers. An electronic version of these documents was sent to all Abbott affilities worldwide for distribution to their ARCHITECT customers.

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