FDA (Devices) recall action 94174
The FDA (Devices) publishes a recall like this one as 2 separate product records. They share a firm, a date and a cause; this page is all of them in one place, so the scale of the action is visible rather than spread across 2 pages.
The issue was mismatched diluent lots assembled into VITRO Chemistry Products Performance Verifier I and II. This issue has the potential to cause erroneous Quality Control (QC) results that could lead to testing delays and erroneous patient results. This issue caused positive or negative bias in the quantification of sodium (Na+) and total carbon dioxide (ECO2). The incorrect diluent into the Performance Verifier II exhibited a potential negative bias of up to 6 mmol/L for ECO2 and Na+ testing.
The agency’s own wording, quoted from the enforcement report.
The unit total adds up the quantities the agency stated for each product. Where a product record gave no figure, or gave a weight rather than a count, it contributes nothing — so the real total is at least this, never less.
Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics is recalling 10,911 units of VITROS Performance Verifier I worldwide due to mismatched diluent components that could cause inaccurate quality control test results.
Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics is recalling 11,224 units of VITROS Performance Verifier II due to incorrect diluent assembly, which may produce inaccurate quality control results and potentially erroneous patient test results.