FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
Cepheid: Brand Name: Xpert BCR-ABL Ultra Model/Catalog Number: GXBCRABL-US-10
- Recall number
- Z-0959-2026
- Recalling firm
- Cepheid
- Product
- Brand Name: Xpert BCR-ABL Ultra Model/Catalog Number: GXBCRABL-US-10
- Status
- Open, Classified
- Initiated
- 2025-10-30
- Posted
- 2025-12-18
- Terminated
- not on file
- Reason
- Invitro diagnostic test kits with specimens that have elevated white blood cell count (>30,000 cell) may cause inaccurate results.
- Root cause
- Process design
- Action
- On November 14, 2025, Cepheid issued a "Urgent Medical Device Recall" notification to affected consignees. Cepheid asked consignees to take the following actions: 1. Cepheid recommends that laboratories and clinical facilities utilizing the Xpert BCR-ABL Ultra assay for quantification of BCR::ABL1 and ABL1 mRNA transcript levels in peripheral blood specimens from t(9;22)-positive chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) patients undergoing tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) therapy, assess white blood cell count (WBCC) prior to testing in cases where elevated white blood cell count is suspected. 2. If WBCCC exceeds 30,000 cells/uL, the specimen should be processed in the accordance with the Retest Procedure for ERROR (Code 2008) or INVALID (Type 2) as detailed in the IFU for the following scenarios: - Cases where INVALID test results are observed and are associated with an elevated WBCC. - Cases of valid results in which an elevated WBCC has been observed. 3. Please share this information with your laboratory staff and retain this notification as part of your laboratory Quality System documentation. 4. If you have forwarded any of the affected product(s) listed above to another laboratory, please provide them with a copy of this letter. 5. Please complete and return the enclosed Response Form within 10 days so we are assured you have received this important communication.
- Quantity
- 6325 units
- Distribution
- US: AL AR AZ CA CO FL GA IA IL KS KY LA MD ME MI MN MO NC NE NH NJ NY OH PA RI TX VA WA WI OUS: Algeria Armenia Australia Austria Bahrain Bangladesh Belgium Brazil Burkina Faso Cambodia Canada Canary islands Chile Colombia Cyprus Czech Republic Dem. Rep. Congo Djibouti Dominican Rep. Ecuador El Salvador Eswatini Finland France Frenc.Polynesia Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Guadeloupe Guatemala Honduras Hong Kong India Indonesia Iraq Israel Italy Jamaica Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kuwait Latvia Lebanon Lithuania Luxembourg Malawi Malaysia Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Netherlands New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Norway Oman Pap. New Guinea Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Rep.of Congo Reunion Rwanda Saudi Arabia Senegal Seychelles Singapore South Africa Spain Sri Lanka Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Togo Tunisia Uganda United Kingdom Uruguay Utd.Arab Emir. Venezuela Zambia Zimbabwe
- Lot, serial or model codes
- UDI: 07332940007102/ Lot Numbers: 1001456698, 1001463946, 1001472599, 1001477457, 1001480637, 1001483326, 1001500425
- 510(k) numbers
- ["K190076"]
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- OYX
- Firm FEI
- 3004530258
- Firm city
- Sunnyvale
- Firm state
- CA
- 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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