FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
Abbott Laboratories HPD/ADD: Abbott IMx AFP Calibrators, list 2271-01; a box of 6 bottles (4 mL each) with AFP (human), nonreactive for anti-HIV-1/HIV-2 and HCV and nonreactive for HBsAg, inbuffered calf serum at the following concentrations: A - 0, B - 15, C - 50, D - 100, E - 200 and F - 350; Abbott Diagnostics, a Division of Abbott Laboratories, Abbott park, IL 60064
- Recall number
- Z-0726-03
- Recalling firm
- Abbott Laboratories HPD/ADD
- Product
- Abbott IMx AFP Calibrators, list 2271-01; a box of 6 bottles (4 mL each) with AFP (human), nonreactive for anti-HIV-1/HIV-2 and HCV and nonreactive for HBsAg, inbuffered calf serum at the following concentrations: A - 0, B - 15, C - 50, D - 100, E - 200 and F - 350; Abbott Diagnostics, a Division of Abbott Laboratories, Abbott park, IL 60064
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2003-03-04
- Posted
- 2003-04-16
- Terminated
- 2003-09-04
- Reason
- The IMx AFP Calibrators may cause depressed values for the IMx AFP Low Control, and cause patient results to be 20% lower than actual values
- Root cause
- Other
- Action
- Recalled by letter dated 3/4/03. The laboratory accounts were informed of the lot of calibrators causing depressed values for the IMx AFP Low Control, requested to destroy any of the suspect lot of calibrators, and recalibrate the AFP assay using a different lot of calibrators.
- Quantity
- 107 kits
- Distribution
- Nationwide
- Lot, serial or model codes
- lot number 89651M300, exp. 04/20/03
- 510(k) numbers
- not on file
- PMA numbers
- ["P820060"]
- Product code
- LOJ
- Firm FEI
- 1415939
- Firm city
- Abbott Park
- Firm state
- IL
- 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
- sha256
- b87518bfe2e8
- Size
- 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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