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Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics: VITROS Chemistry Products Calibrator Kit 24, Catalog No. 680 1708. Common/Usual Name: VITROS Calibrator Kit 24. For in vitro diagnostics use only. VITROS Chemistry Products Calibrator Kit 24 is used to calibrate the VITROS 5,1 FS Chemistry System, the VITROS 4600 Chemistry System and the VITROS 5600 Integrated System for the quantitative measurement of albumin in urine. Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics Inc.
- Recall number
- Z-0971-2012
- Recalling firm
- Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics
- Product
- VITROS Chemistry Products Calibrator Kit 24, Catalog No. 680 1708. Common/Usual Name: VITROS Calibrator Kit 24. For in vitro diagnostics use only. VITROS Chemistry Products Calibrator Kit 24 is used to calibrate the VITROS 5,1 FS Chemistry System, the VITROS 4600 Chemistry System and the VITROS 5600 Integrated System for the quantitative measurement of albumin in urine. Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics Inc.
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2011-10-27
- Posted
- 2012-02-07
- Terminated
- 2016-02-12
- Reason
- Ortho Clinical Diagnostics received numerous complaints of lower than expected results for control fluids and patient samples upon initial calibration or following a recalibration using VITROS Chemistry Products Calibrator Kit 24 and VITROS Chemistry Products mALB Reagent.
- Root cause
- Nonconforming Material/Component
- Action
- All consignees were sent "Important Product Correction Notification" communications (dated 10/27/11) beginning on 10/27/11 informing them of the issue, and instructing them to discontinue use of their remaining inventory of VITROS Chemistry Products Calibrator Kit 24, VITROS Chemistry Products mALB reagent, and VITROS Chemistry Products mALB Performance Verifiers. For questions, please contact OCD's Customer Technical Services at 1-800-421-3311.
- Quantity
- 4436 units worldwide (domestic - 2201; foreign - 2235)
- Distribution
- Worldwide Distribution - USA, including Puerto Rico, and the countries of Australia, Bermuda, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, England, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Panama, Singapore, Spain, and Venezuela.
- Lot, serial or model codes
- Kit Lot 2430 (exp. 11/16/11), Kit Lot 2440 (exp. 01/08/12), Kit Lot 2450 (03/09/12), Kit Lot 2471 (exp. 7/14/12)
- 510(k) numbers
- ["K042643"]
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- JIT
- Firm FEI
- 1000136573
- Firm city
- Rochester
- Firm state
- NY
- Firm country
- not on file
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- Publisher
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration (openFDA)
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- Published
- 2026-09-28
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- 2026-09-29T08:25:23.626Z
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