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Abbott Laboratories HPD/ADD/GPRD: IMx Folate Medium Control, list 2220-11; the pack contains 8 - 1 mL bottles of IMx Folate Medium Control M 7.0 ng/mL; Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL 60064 USA
- Recall number
- Z-0369-04
- Recalling firm
- Abbott Laboratories HPD/ADD/GPRD
- Product
- IMx Folate Medium Control, list 2220-11; the pack contains 8 - 1 mL bottles of IMx Folate Medium Control M 7.0 ng/mL; Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL 60064 USA
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2003-12-16
- Posted
- 2004-07-20
- Terminated
- 2004-07-20
- Reason
- The is an increase in the number of control values out of range low, and diluted patient specimens may yield lower than expected results.
- Root cause
- Other
- Action
- Abbott notified their international affiliates via e-mail on 12/16/03 and 1/5/04. Device recall letters dated 12/16/03 and 12/31/03 will be sent to the end users by the affiliates, informing them of the unapproved serum albumin used to manufacture the folate products, and listing the impact to performance for each affected components. There are separate customer recall letters for each assay platform -- ARCHITECT, AxSYM and IMx.
- Quantity
- 54 packs
- Distribution
- There was no U.S. distribution. The products were shipped internationally through Abbott affiliates in Canada, Germany, Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia, Brazil, New Zealand, Columbia, Chile, Uruguay, United Kingdom, Venezuela, Dominican Republic, Argentina and Curacao.
- Lot, serial or model codes
- List 2220-11, lots 06320M200, 09655M100
- 510(k) numbers
- ["K943691"]
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- CGN--
- Firm FEI
- 1415939
- Firm city
- Abbott Park
- Firm state
- IL
- 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
- sha256
- b87518bfe2e8
- Size
- 288210821 bytes
- Published
- 2026-09-28
- Read
- 2026-09-29T08:25:23.626Z
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- Refresh due
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