FDA recall Z-2613-2017

Abbott Laboratories · Class II · device

Product

ARCHITECT SHBG Reagent The ARCHITECT SHBG assay is a chemiluminescent microparticle immunoassay (CMIA) for the quantitative determination of sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG) in human serum and plasma on the ARCHITECT iSystem. The ARCHITECT SHBG assay is used as an aid in the diagnosis of androgen disorders.

Reason for recall

Firm has identified that ARCHITECT SHBG results generated with the Potassium EDTA specimen tube type may demonstrate a negative shift relative to results generated with serum. There is a potential for falsely decreased ARCHITECT SHBG results to be generated when using the ARCHITECT SHBG assay with the Potassium EDTA specimen tube type.

Distribution

Worldwide Distribution - USA (nationwide) and to the countries of : ARGENTINA, ARMENIA, AUSTRIA, AZERBAIJAN, BANGLADESH, BARBADOS, BELARUS, BELGIUM, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA, BRAZIL, BRUNEI, CANADA, CHINA, CHILE, COLOMBIA, COSTA RICA, CROATIA, CYPRUS, CZECH REPUBLIC, DEM. REP. OF THE CON, DENMARK, EGYPT, ESTONIA, FINLAND, FRANCE, GEORGIA, GERMANY, GREECE, HUNGARY, INDIA, IRAN, IRAQ, IRELAND, ISRAEL, ITALY, JORDAN, KAZAKHSTAN, KUWAIT, LATVIA, LEBANON, LITHUANIA, LUXEMBOURG, MALAYSIA, MEXICO, MONTENEGRO, NAMIBIA, NETHERLANDS, NORWAY, OMAN, PAKISTAN, PARAGUAY, PHILIPPINES, POLAND, PORTUGAL, QATAR, ROMANIA, RUSSIA, SAUDI ARABIA, SERBIA, SINGAPORE, SLOVAKIA, SLOVENIA, SOUTH AFRICA, SOUTH KOREA, SPAIN, SRI LANKA, SWEDEN, SWITZERLAND, TAIWAN, THAILAND, TURKEY, UAE, UNITED KINGDOM, URUGUAY, VIETNAM

Key facts

Status
Terminated
Initiation date
2017-04-18
Report date
2017-06-28
Termination date
2019-06-03
Voluntary/Mandated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Location
Abbott Park, IL, United States

Primary source

https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/ires/index.cfm?Product=Z-2613-2017