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Tecan US, Inc.: Cortisol Saliva Luminescence Immunoassay The IBL International Cortisol Saliva Luminescence immunoassay is intended for the in-vitro diagnostic quantitative determination of Cortisol in human saliva and for use as an aid in the diagnosis and treatment of adrenal disorders. The device is not intended for point-of-care settings.
- Recall number
- Z-2923-2018
- Recalling firm
- Tecan US, Inc.
- Product
- Cortisol Saliva Luminescence Immunoassay The IBL International Cortisol Saliva Luminescence immunoassay is intended for the in-vitro diagnostic quantitative determination of Cortisol in human saliva and for use as an aid in the diagnosis and treatment of adrenal disorders. The device is not intended for point-of-care settings.
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2018-01-12
- Posted
- not on file
- Terminated
- 2020-06-02
- Reason
- Product is not meeting specification for traceability to NIST cortisol standard, generating 1.3-1.8 times higher cortisol values with laboratory samples in comparison to NIST cortisol standard.
- Root cause
- Nonconforming Material/Component
- Action
- The firm, IBL International, sent an "Urgent Field Corrective Action" letter dated 1/12/2018 via registered mail to its customers. The letter describes the product, problem and actions to be taken. The customers were instructed to examine your stock and affected lots; contact all customers and provide the letter; if you have any of the affected product, stop using and quarantine/scrap all remaining product from lots LCL129 up to LCL 133. Review results generated with affected lots and follow your laboratory standard operational procedures to review any potential aberrant results that may have occurred; complete and return the Customer Response Form by fax to:1-919-287-2961; email to:QA@tecan.com or mail to: Attention: Tecan QA, 9401 Globe Center Dr., Suite 140, Morrisville, North Carolina 27560,United States to confirm receipt and actions. The firm is expect to have a new lot of Cortisol Saliva LUM available to ship by the end of February 2018. if you have any questions, please contact your local Tecan Helpdesk or IBL or Sr. Director Global Regulatory Affairs at 919-943-7118 or email: Laura.nea@tecan.com.
- Quantity
- 870 (USA) 180 (OUS)
- Distribution
- Worldwide distribution; US distribution to states of: GA, IA, LA, MA, MN, OR, PA, SC, and UT; and countries of: Germany, Finland, Switzerland, France, Austria, Denmark, Poland, Norway, Belgium, Netherlands, Italy, Canada, South Africa, Russia, and Japan.
- Lot, serial or model codes
- In USA RE62119 Lot # LCL129 exp. date: 2017-11-30, RE62119 Lot # LCL133 exp. date: 2019-03-31, and RE62111 Lot # LCL130 exp. date: 2018-03-31. OUS Lot 131, Lot 132
- 510(k) numbers
- ["K150528"]
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- NHG
- Firm FEI
- 1037985
- Firm city
- Morrisville
- Firm state
- NC
- Firm country
- not on file
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- 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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- 288210821 bytes
- Published
- 2026-09-28
- Read
- 2026-09-29T08:25:23.626Z
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- Refresh due
- 2026-10-06
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