FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
Greiner Bio-One North America, Inc.: VACUETTE TUBE, 3.5mL CAL Serum Sep Clot Activator, REF 454067P - Product Usage: VACUETTE Tubes, Holders, and Needles are use together as a system for the collection of venous blood. VACUETTE tubes are used to collect, transport, and process blood for testing serum, plasma, or whole blood in the clinical laboratory.
- Recall number
- Z-0818-2020
- Recalling firm
- Greiner Bio-One North America, Inc.
- Product
- VACUETTE TUBE, 3.5mL CAL Serum Sep Clot Activator, REF 454067P - Product Usage: VACUETTE Tubes, Holders, and Needles are use together as a system for the collection of venous blood. VACUETTE tubes are used to collect, transport, and process blood for testing serum, plasma, or whole blood in the clinical laboratory.
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2019-11-25
- Posted
- not on file
- Terminated
- 2020-10-05
- Reason
- The Vacuette 3.5mL Serup Sep Clot Activator Tubes may have been damaged at the cap sealing area. This may lead to a vacuum loss and tubes not filling up to the proper volume.
- Root cause
- Process control
- Action
- The firm initiated the recall by email on 11/25/2019. The letter explained the problem and requested the consignees cease distribution and provide a list of their customers for Greiner to contact. The firm is seeking return or on site destruction of the affected product.
- Quantity
- 1,002,000 tubes
- Distribution
- Nationwide distribution in the states of IL, MO, AZ, NC. PA, UT, NY, ME, PR, VA, PA
- Lot, serial or model codes
- DI: 29120049204476, Lot number B190338E
- 510(k) numbers
- ["K983952"]
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- JKA
- Firm FEI
- 3001451379
- Firm city
- Monroe
- Firm state
- NC
- 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
- Source file
- Source file retained · verify
- Refresh due
- 2026-10-06
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