FDA (Devices) recall action 90471
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A customer reported a problem with the reagent and calibrator. Randox Laboratories carried out an investigation and confirmed the issue. The complaint is pertaining to atypical calibration curves that can results in non-numerical results. This affects Siemens Atellica CH analysers only. Customer have reported an atypical calibration curve that results in the values around the low QC range to produce a non-numerical result. It appears to be related to the bottle values of the calibrator producing a curve shape that is too linear for the logitlog calculation to calculate. This issue can only be …
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Randox Laboratories is recalling Soluble Transferrin Receptor reagent (TF10159) due to calibration curve defects causing inaccurate test results on Siemens Atellica CH analyzers.
Randox Laboratories is recalling Soluble Transferrin Receptors Calibrator kits used in lab analyzers. The calibrators can produce incorrect test results, with some values potentially underestimated by up to 30 percent.