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Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.: CMV IgM EIA, in vitro diagnostic.

Recall number
Z-0342-2023
Recalling firm
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.
Product
CMV IgM EIA, in vitro diagnostic.
Status
Open, Classified
Initiated
2022-10-19
Posted
2022-12-06
Terminated
not on file
Reason
Due to an unusual increase in the positivity rate with human IgM antibodies to cytomegalovirus (CMV) Enzyme Immunoassay (EIA).
Root cause
Nonconforming Material/Component
Action
On or about 10/19/2022, the firm sent an "URGENT: Medical Device Recall" letter via UPS overnight to customers to inform them, Bio-Rad has received complaints of an unusual increase in the positivity rate with the Bio-Rad CMV IgM EIA kits. Customers are instructed to discontinue use and to dispose of any unused product of Batch NumbersB02022, E10022, and G05022 of the Bio-Rad CMV IgM EIA (Material No. 25178; GTIN/UDI 00847865010733) according to local waste management procedures. If you have further distributed or transferred the product to other Bio-Rad customers, or labs from your site, please be sure to notify those customers of this field action. For any questions regarding this information, please contact Bio-Rad Laboratories Technical Support at 1-800-2BIORAD (1-800-224-6723), option #2, and then option #3, or by emailing TechSupportUSSD-Redmond@Bio-Rad.com for further assistance.
Quantity
180 kits
Distribution
U.S.: CA, CO, FL, GA, HI, IA, MA, MN, NC, NH, NJ, PA, TN, and TX O.U.S.: None
Lot, serial or model codes
Catalog Number: 25178 UDI-DI Code: 00847865010733 Lot Numbers: B02022 E10022 G05022
510(k) numbers
["K982485"]
PMA numbers
not on file
Product code
LFZ
Firm FEI
3008272466
Firm city
Redmond
Firm state
WA
Firm country
not on file

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Published
2026-09-28
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