FDA recall Z-1563-2021

Product

Calibration Serum Level 3 (CAL 3) - multi-analyte mixture calibrator. Catalogue Number: CAL2351

Reason for recall

Randox can confirm a positive bias for Total Bilirubin and Direct Bilirubin of up to +15% across the assay ranges when using calibrator CAL2351, lot 1162UE. The positive bias has been attributed to bilirubin instability in the calibrator and is evident in both Quality Control (QC) and Patient samples.

Distribution

Domestic: IN, MA, CA, NJ, TX, NE, NY, VA, MD, MN, OR, IL, CT, DC, MS. Foreign: Albania, Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Cameroon, Canada, Colombia, Cyprus, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Fiji, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Iraq, Italy, Ireland, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mauritius, Mexico, Myanmar, Nepal, New Zealand, Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, The Netherlands, Turkey, UK, Ukraine, USA, and Vietnam.

Key facts

Status

Terminated

Initiation date

2021-03-29

Report date

2021-05-19

Termination date

2021-11-22

Voluntary/Mandated

Voluntary: Firm initiated

Location

Crumlin (North), Ireland

Primary source

https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/ires/index.cfm?Product=Z-1563-2021