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Life Technologies Corporation: Human Fetal Hemoglobin (HBF-1) FITC Conjugate

Recall number
Z-1388-2018
Recalling firm
Life Technologies Corporation
Product
Human Fetal Hemoglobin (HBF-1) FITC Conjugate
Status
Terminated
Initiated
2018-02-07
Posted
not on file
Terminated
2019-05-08
Reason
Three lots of Human Fetal Hemoglobin FITC Conjugate are displaying high background and unusual bright staining in the controls and patient samples which could potentially lead to erroneous results (i.e. false positives)
Root cause
Use error
Action
All consignees which have purchased the Human Fetal Hemoglobin FITC antibody including facilities/customers that have shipped the lots outside of their facility will be notified via certified mail to check inventory to see if affected product is on hand. Consignees instructed to discontinue use and discard per internal procedure. The effectiveness check will begin 10 days after the distribution date of the Medical Device Recall Notification. The field removal is considered effective when 10% of the affected customers acknowledge receipt and understanding of the notification instructions.
Quantity
not on file
Distribution
MI, CA, IL, TX, SC, NY, MN, DE, NJ, WA , OR, IN, MA, DE, FL, PA
Lot, serial or model codes
Model # MHFH01 UDI (01)10190302005579(17)180430 (10)1626670D(240)MHFH01  Lot# 1626670D  Model # MHFH01 UDI (01)10190302005579(17)190830 (10)1873068B(240)MHFH01 Lot# 1873068B  Model # MHFH01 UDI (01)10190302005579(17)191030 (10)1915224B(240)MHFH01  Lot# 1915224B
510(k) numbers
["K990641"]
PMA numbers
not on file
Product code
GHQ
Firm FEI
3003335080
Firm city
Frederick
Firm state
MD
Firm country
not on file

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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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2026-10-06

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