Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.: BioPlex 2200 Syphilis Total & RPR Linked Immunoabsorption Assay, Treponema pallidum:UDI:03610520653012 - Product Usage: intended for the qualitative detection of total (IgG/IgM) antibodies to Treponema pallidum and the qualitative detection and/or titer determination of non-treponemal reagin antibodies in human serum or plasma.

Recall number

Z-2982-2020

Recalling firm

Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.

Product

BioPlex 2200 Syphilis Total & RPR Linked Immunoabsorption Assay, Treponema pallidum:UDI:03610520653012 - Product Usage: intended for the qualitative detection of total (IgG/IgM) antibodies to Treponema pallidum and the qualitative detection and/or titer determination of non-treponemal reagin antibodies in human serum or plasma.

Status

Open, Classified

Initiated

2020-04-21

Posted

not on file

Terminated

not on file

Reason

The increased level of RPR reactivity in the BioPlex 2200 Syphilis Total & RPR kit material number 12000650.

Root cause

Unknown/Undetermined by firm

Action

Consignees that have purchased active lots of the BioPlex 2200 Syphilis Total and RPR kit have been notified of the Field Correction via a customer letter sent via Fed Ex overnight ; date issued 04/21/2020. The communication was to inform that the RPR portion of the BioPlex 2200 Syphilis Total & RPR assay will be temporarily disabled. The RPR assay will be disabled beginning with reagent lot 301142 of the BioPlex 2200 Syphilis Total & RPR assay (Catalog No. 12000650, UDI 03610520653012) and calibrator lot 52216 (Catalog No. 12000651, UDI 03610520652770). The reporting of the RPR assay results will be disabled by the installation of a new assay protocol file (APF). The communication includes that there are no modifications to the chemistry of the assay reagents or processing of the assay by the BioPlex 2200 System. The RPR assay will remain disabled until further notice. Consignees are asked to complete and return the Customer Response form (fax: 1-888-228-0688/email: Techsupport.ussd@bio-rad.com) to confirm receipt of the communication and to receive instructions for installation of the new APF; return the form within 10 days of receiving the notice. Additionally, consignees are asked to contact their local technical support if there are any questions about the notification.

Quantity

12000 kits

Distribution

Worldwide distribution - US Nationwide distribution including in the states of AK, AL, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL,GA, HI, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, ND, NE, NJ, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, PR, RI, SC, SD, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, and WV. The countries of Canada (CA), Switzerland (CH), France (FR), Italy (IT), Spain (ES), and Romania (RO), and United Kingdom (GB).

Lot, serial or model codes

The RPR assay will be disabled beginning with reagent lot 301142 and future manufactured lots of the BioPlex 2200 Syphilis Total & RPR assay (Catalog No. 12000650, UDI 03610520653012) and calibrator lot 52216 (Catalog No. 12000651, UDI 03610520652770). Product Code 1: ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOABSORPTION ASSAY, TREPONEMA PALLIDUM (LIP), Product Code 2: ANTIGENS, NONTREPONEMAL, ALL (GMQ), Product Code 3: CALIBRATOR, SECONDARY (JIT), Product Code 4:SINGLE (SPECIFIED) ANALYTE CONTROLS (ASSAYED AND UNASSAYED) (JJX).

510(k) numbers

["K170413"]

PMA numbers

not on file

Product code

LIP

Firm FEI

3008272466

Firm city

Redmond

Firm state

WA

Firm country

not on file

Cite as

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

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