FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.: VARIANT II TURBO LINK Hemoglobin A1c Program Buffer Set. Made in United States. Bio-Rad Laboratories, Hercules, CA 94547. Percentage determination of hemoglobin A1c in human whole blood using ion-exchange high=performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)
- Recall number
- Z-0026-2012
- Recalling firm
- Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.
- Product
- VARIANT II TURBO LINK Hemoglobin A1c Program Buffer Set. Made in United States. Bio-Rad Laboratories, Hercules, CA 94547. Percentage determination of hemoglobin A1c in human whole blood using ion-exchange high=performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2011-09-12
- Posted
- 2011-10-07
- Terminated
- 2012-05-11
- Reason
- A previous recall related to reports of calibration failure and late retention times using Elution Buffer led to an examination of other buffers manufactured during the same time period and a decision was made to field correct these products until a definitive root cause and corrective action have been found and implemented.
- Root cause
- Process control
- Action
- Bio-Rad sent an Urgent Medical Device Correction letter on September 12, 2011, to all affected subsidiaries and customers. The letter identified the product, the problem, and the action to be taken by the customer. Customers were instructed to discard all affected product in accordance with all local, state and federal disposal procedures. If customers distributed the product further they should direct their customers to discard all unused product. Customers were asked to please translate (if necessary) the attached "Customer Medical Device Correction Response Form," customers should add their local contact information and distribute to all affected customers in their region by mail or fax. Compile tracking documentation (e.g. Excel spreadsheet) for all customers who received the Medical Device Correction Letter. Complete the "SUBSIDIARY MEDICAL DEVICE CORRECTION RESPONSE FORM" and fax to Bio-Rad Regulatory Affairs at (510) 741-3954, or e-mail PDF to CSD_RA/Hercules/US/BIO-RAD. Customers would be issued credits for the affected products based on their request. For questions call (510) 741-3954.
- Quantity
- 120
- Distribution
- Nationwide and to New Zealand, Canada, France, England, China, India, Mexico, Italy, Brazil, Australia, Singapore, Thailand, SriLanka, hong Kong, Sweden, Germany, Peru, Jamaica, Uruguay, Columbia, Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Korea.
- Lot, serial or model codes
- Model number: 270-2713; Lot number 70210661, 9/30/11. Contains Buffer lot number GA10429, expiry 2/28/12
- 510(k) numbers
- ["K070819"]
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- LCP
- Firm FEI
- 2915274
- Firm city
- Hercules
- Firm state
- CA
- Firm country
- not on file
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- Register
- FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
- Publisher
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration (openFDA)
- File
- device-recall-0001-of-0001.json.zip
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- b87518bfe2e8
- Size
- 288210821 bytes
- Published
- 2026-09-28
- Read
- 2026-09-29T08:25:23.626Z
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