FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
Alere San Diego, Inc.: Alere Triage TOX Drug Screen 9 Panel, P/N: 94402. The Alere Triage TOX Drug Screen is a fluorescence immunoassay intended to be used with the Alere Triage Meters for the qualitative determination of the presence of drug and/or the major metabolites above the threshold concentrations of up to 10 distinct drug classes, including assays for acetaminophen/paracetamol, amphetamines, methamphetamines, barbiturates, benzodiazepines, cocaine, opiates, phencyclidine, THC and tricyclic antidepressants in urine. The acetaminophen/paracetamol assay will yield positive results when acetaminophen/paracetamol is ingested at or above therapeutic doses.
- Recall number
- Z-2460-2012
- Recalling firm
- Alere San Diego, Inc.
- Product
- Alere Triage TOX Drug Screen 9 Panel, P/N: 94402. The Alere Triage TOX Drug Screen is a fluorescence immunoassay intended to be used with the Alere Triage Meters for the qualitative determination of the presence of drug and/or the major metabolites above the threshold concentrations of up to 10 distinct drug classes, including assays for acetaminophen/paracetamol, amphetamines, methamphetamines, barbiturates, benzodiazepines, cocaine, opiates, phencyclidine, THC and tricyclic antidepressants in urine. The acetaminophen/paracetamol assay will yield positive results when acetaminophen/paracetamol is ingested at or above therapeutic doses.
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2012-07-12
- Posted
- 2012-09-26
- Terminated
- 2013-02-01
- Reason
- Alere San Diego is recalling Alere Triage TOX Drug Screen because there is a possibility that after installing the code chip provided with the affected lots: AMP, BAR, and PCP, the threshold ranges may not be consistently set correctly in all meters.
- Root cause
- Nonconforming Material/Component
- Action
- Alere sent a 'NOTICE OF CORRECTION" letter dated July 12, 2012 to all affected customers. The letter identified the product, problem, and actions to be taken by the customers. Customers with questions were instructed to contact Technical Services at (877) 308-8287. Customers were instructed to complete the Customer/Distributor Verification Form Notice of Correction even if they do not have any involved product and fax back to Technical Services at (858) 805-8457 or scan and email to responses.ts@alere.com.
- Quantity
- 591 kits
- Distribution
- Nationwide Distribution.
- Lot, serial or model codes
- Lot Codes: K51245RB, W51022RB, W51207RB
- 510(k) numbers
- ["K043242","K060791"]
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- LDP
- Firm FEI
- 1000125596
- Firm city
- San Diego
- 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
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- b87518bfe2e8
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- 288210821 bytes
- Published
- 2026-09-28
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