FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc: VARIANT II TURBO Hemoglobin Testing System with CDM 3.6T Software Version 3.5; Model Number: 270-2600; Product is manufactured and distributed by Bio-Rad Laboratories, Diagnostics Group, Hercules, CA. Provides an integrated method for sample preparation, separation and the percent determination of percent hemoglobin A1c in EDTA human whole blood.
- Recall number
- Z-1902-2010
- Recalling firm
- Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc
- Product
- VARIANT II TURBO Hemoglobin Testing System with CDM 3.6T Software Version 3.5; Model Number: 270-2600; Product is manufactured and distributed by Bio-Rad Laboratories, Diagnostics Group, Hercules, CA. Provides an integrated method for sample preparation, separation and the percent determination of percent hemoglobin A1c in EDTA human whole blood.
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2009-01-22
- Posted
- 2010-06-25
- Terminated
- 2011-03-22
- Reason
- Sample test results for the first run appears to be correct but all subsequent results during that run were assigned incorrect barcode and tube position.
- Root cause
- Software design
- Action
- Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. issued and "Urgent: Medical Device Correction" dated January 22, 2009 to all affected consignees by FED EX, followed up by telephone calls for those not responding. Consignees were instructed on proper steps to take in dealing with the affected product. Further communication will follow to provide a solution. For further information, contact Bio-Rad Laboratories at 1-510-724-7000.
- Quantity
- not on file
- Distribution
- Worldwide Distribution -- United States, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Columbia, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Italy, Mexico, New Zealand, Poland, Singapore, South Korea, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand and the United Kingdom.
- Lot, serial or model codes
- All units of these models.
- 510(k) numbers
- ["K984268"]
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- LCP
- Firm FEI
- 2915274
- Firm city
- Hercules
- 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
- Published
- 2026-09-28
- Read
- 2026-09-29T08:25:23.626Z
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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