# FDA recall Z-0272-2022

> **Abbott Laboratories** · Class II · device recall initiated 2021-09-29.

## Product

ARCHITECT c4000 REF 02P24-01/2P24, 1P86, 1R24, and 1R25; ARCHITECT c8000 REF 01G06-11/1G06; ARCHITECT c16000 REF 03L77-01/3L77;

## Reason for recall

Twelve software-related issues affecting software version 9.41 and earlier were identified. The issues include bypassing error codes, incorrect calibration, loss of module communication leading to overfilling wash buffer containers, missing QC flags, signal spikes, abnormal optics reads, and incorrect sample aspiration. The issues may lead to inaccurate results with an unknown bias direction and magnitude for assays measuring cardiac, metabolic (including diabetes), toxicology, prenatal, therapeutic drug monitoring, infectious disease, oncology, hepatic, pancreatic, hematological, endocrinologic, inflammatory analytes.

## Distribution

U.S.: AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, Puerto Rico, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, and WV.  O.U.S.: AFGHANISTAN ALBANIA, ALGERIA, ANDORRA, ANGOLA, ARGENTINA, ARMENIA, AUSTRALIA, AUSTRIA, AZERBAIJAN, BAHAMAS, BAHRAIN, BANGLADESH, BARBADOS, BELARUS, BELGIUM, BELIZE, BENIN, BERMUDA, BOLIVIA, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA, BOTSWANA, BRAZIL, BRUNEI, BULGARIA, BURKINA FASO, BURUNDI, CAMBODIA, CAMEROON, CANADA, CAYMAN ISLANDS, CHILE, CHINA, COLOMBIA, COSTA RICA, CROATIA, CYPRUS, CZECH REPUBLIC, DEMOCRATIC REP. OF CONGO, DENMARK, FAROE ISLANDS, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, ECUADOR, EGYPT, EL SALVADOR, ERITREA, ESTONIA, ETHIOPIA, FINLAND, FRANCE, GEORGIA, GERMANY, GHANA, GREECE, GREENLAND, GUATEMALA, GUINEA, HAITI, HONDURAS, HONG KONG, HUNGARY, ICELAND, INDIA, INDONESIA, IRAN, IRAQ, IRELAND, ISRAEL, ITALY, IVORY COAST, JAMAICA, JAPAN, JORDAN, KAZAKHSTAN, KENYA, KUWAIT, KYRGYZSTAN, LAT

## Key facts

- **Recall number:** Z-0272-2022
- **Recalling firm:** Abbott Laboratories
- **Classification:** Class II
- **Product type:** device
- **Status:** Ongoing
- **Initiation date:** 2021-09-29
- **Report date:** 2021-12-01

- **Voluntary/Mandated:** Voluntary: Firm initiated
- **Location:** Irving, TX, United States

## Primary source

FDA Enforcement Reports: https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/ires/index.cfm?Product=Z-0272-2022

## Citation

> AI Analytics. FDA recall Z-0272-2022. Retrieved 2026-06-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/recall/Z-0272-2022. Source: US FDA. Licensed CC0.

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