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Abbott Health Products, Inc.: AxSYM total B-hCG Reagent is composed of one bottle of Coated Microparticles, one bottle of Alkaline Phosphatase Conjugate and one bottle of Specimen Diluent.
- Recall number
- Z-0893-05
- Recalling firm
- Abbott Health Products, Inc.
- Product
- AxSYM total B-hCG Reagent is composed of one bottle of Coated Microparticles, one bottle of Alkaline Phosphatase Conjugate and one bottle of Specimen Diluent.
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2005-03-24
- Posted
- 2005-06-16
- Terminated
- 2012-01-23
- Reason
- Abbott Diagnostics is investigation a recent increase in customer complaints for AxSYM calibration error code 1048 and controls out of range when using AxSYM Total B-hCG reagent lots. Testing has shown that protein aggregates are present in the specimen diluents of both IMx and the AxSYM Total B-hCG reagent kits. This is responsible for the calibration errors and shift in control values.
- Root cause
- Other
- Action
- Abbot Health Products, Inc. informed and instructed their customers via Device Recall Letter to Identify if they have used or have inventory of the affected product. Discontinue use of and destroy any remaining inventory of reagent lots listed in the Device Recall letter according to their laboratory procedures. Record the quantity of the recalled reagents currently in inventory in their facility that will be destroyed on the attached reply form and fax the form back to Abbott 1-800-777-0051. (US only) Follow their laboratory''s procedure for communicating this issue to the health care providers they serve.
- Quantity
- 2496
- Distribution
- Domestic , US Goverment and International ditribution.
- Lot, serial or model codes
- 2614Q100 (5/13/2005); 26278Q100, 26381Q100 (6/21/2005)
- 510(k) numbers
- ["K935673"]
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- JHI
- Firm FEI
- 2623532
- Firm city
- Barceloneta
- Firm state
- not on file
- Firm country
- PR
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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
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- 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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