FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
Abbott Laboratories: Abbott brand CELL-DYN 1800 DILUENT Packaged in 3.8L containers, List Numbers: 99226-01, 08H17-01,(on box), 99226-01, 08H17-02 (on bottle); Product is distributed by Abbott Hematology, 5440 Patrick Henry Dr., Santa Clara, CA 95054
- Recall number
- Z-0269-06
- Recalling firm
- Abbott Laboratories
- Product
- Abbott brand CELL-DYN 1800 DILUENT Packaged in 3.8L containers, List Numbers: 99226-01, 08H17-01,(on box), 99226-01, 08H17-02 (on bottle); Product is distributed by Abbott Hematology, 5440 Patrick Henry Dr., Santa Clara, CA 95054
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2005-09-20
- Posted
- 2005-12-06
- Terminated
- 2006-11-02
- Reason
- The product failed 12-month stability testing that can lead to falsely reduced hemoglobin (Hgb) test results.
- Root cause
- Other
- Action
- On September 20, 2005, the firm issued letters to all its direct consignees, informing them of the affected product and providing instructions on the recall. In February, the firm expanded its recall to all lots as a result of having identified an additional failure in a different lot.
- Quantity
- not on file
- Distribution
- Distribution of DILUENT is worldwide to a total of 1,584 consignees. All CELL-DYN 1800 customers were notified via the Device Recall Letter. At the time of receipt of the letter, the customer may or may not have the recalled lots in their inventory. Therefore, the letter directed the customer to assess their inventory of DILUENT 08H17-01 and 99226-01 to determine if they had any of the affected lots in their possession. Foreign countries include: Canada, Columbia, Uruguay, Germany, Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Islands.
- Lot, serial or model codes
- (List Number On the Box---List Number On the bottle---Lot Number): 99226-01---99229-01---15632I2; 08H17-01---08H17-02---15631I2; 08H17-01---08H17-02---15661I2; 08H17-01---08H17-02---16823I2; 08H17-01---08H17-02---17906I2; 08H17-01---08H17-02---17907I2; 08H17-01---08H17-02---18089I2; 08H17-01---08H17-02---19184I2; 08H17-01---08H17-02---19296I2; 08H17-01---08H17-02---20413I2; 08H17-01---08H17-02---21540I2; 08H17-01---08H17-02---22739I2; 08H17-01---08H17-02---23889I2 Expanded: All lots under recall.
- 510(k) numbers
- not on file
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- GKZ
- Firm FEI
- 2919069
- Firm city
- Santa Clara
- Firm state
- CA
- Firm country
- not on file
Where this comes from
- 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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- 288210821 bytes
- Published
- 2026-09-28
- Read
- 2026-09-29T08:25:23.626Z
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- Refresh due
- 2026-10-06
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