FDA recall Z-2472-2023

Product

Atellica CH LDL Cholesterol- In vitro diagnostic use in the quantitative determination of LDL cholesterol in human serum and plasma (lithium heparin, EDTA, sodium heparin Test Code: LDLC Siemens Material Number (SMN): 11537214

Reason for recall

Potential for reagent carryover on the Atellica CH 930 resulting in a positive bias that could impact quality control (QC), patient samples, and calibrator results with from Atellica¿ CH Total Bilirubin_2 (TBil_2), Atellica¿ CH LDL Cholesterol (LDLC), Atellica¿ CH Gamma-Glutamyl Transferase (GGT) and Atellica¿ CH HDL Cholesterol (HDLC)

Distribution

US Nationwide - Worldwide Distribution Foreign: Taiwan Uruguay Vietnam

Key facts

Status

Ongoing

Initiation date

2023-07-10

Report date

2023-09-06

Voluntary/Mandated

Voluntary: Firm initiated

Location

Tarrytown, NY, United States

Primary source

https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/ires/index.cfm?Product=Z-2472-2023