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Leica Microsystems, Inc.: Liquid Mouse Monoclonal Antibody CD15 (NCL-L-CD15), a liquid tissue culture supernatant containing 15 mM sodium azide as a preservative. For in vitro diagnostic use.
- Recall number
- Z-1710-2014
- Recalling firm
- Leica Microsystems, Inc.
- Product
- Liquid Mouse Monoclonal Antibody CD15 (NCL-L-CD15), a liquid tissue culture supernatant containing 15 mM sodium azide as a preservative. For in vitro diagnostic use.
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2014-01-10
- Posted
- 2014-06-04
- Terminated
- 2017-09-05
- Reason
- Product does not function as intended up to the expiry date on the product labeling. There is a link between the age of the product and staining intensity.
- Root cause
- Incorrect or no expiration date
- Action
- Leica sent an Urgent Field Safety Correction Notice letter dated January 10, 2014 was sent ot all affected customers. The notice included instructions for recipients to: 1) destroy any unused or partially used NCL-L-CD15 (lots 6015073 and 6017936) reagent or confirm that the products are no longer in stock; 2) indicate on the attached Field Safety Correction Notice Acknowledgement Fom which action was taken; and, 3) contact the local Leica represetnative immediately if a replacement is required. Customers with any concerns about this notice can contact Leica via e-mail at LMGRA@leica-microsystems.com.
- Quantity
- 145 units
- Distribution
- Worldwide Distribution - US Nationwide in the states of CA, CT FL, IL, MO, MS, NC, NY, PA, and the countries of Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Colombia, Italy, Malaysia, New Zealand, Nigeria, Poland, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, South Africa, Sweden, Taiwan, Tunisia, Turkey, and United Kingdom
- Lot, serial or model codes
- Product Code: NCL-L-CD15; Lot Numbers and Expiration Dates: 6017936, Expires 2014-08; 6015073, Expires 2014-03
- 510(k) numbers
- not on file
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- NJT
- Firm FEI
- 3000210133
- Firm city
- Buffalo Grove
- Firm state
- IL
- 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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FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA) (U.S. Food and Drug Administration (openFDA)), device-recall-0001-of-0001.json.zip, sha256 b87518bfe2e8, published 2026-09-28