Terminated

AxSYM Total B-hCG Reagent, Product list number: 7A59-22 and 7A59-21

FDA Recall Z-0006-05 · Posted 2004-10-05

Recalling FirmAbbott Health Products, Inc.

Recall StatusTerminated

Product CodeJHI

Date Initiated2004-08-24

Date Terminated2005-07-21

Product Quantity7830 kits

Reason for Recall

Assay may give elevated patients results.

Firm Action

Device recall letters dated 8/24/2004 were sent to all customers. Customers were instructed to identify if they have used, are currently using, or have inventory of the AxSYM Total B-hCG Reagent lots. Discontinue use of and destroy any remaining inventory of the lots according to their laboratory procedures. Record the quantity currently in their facility that will be destroyed on the attached reply form and fax the form to Abbott at 1-800-777-0051 (US only). Follow their laboratory''s procedure for communicating this issue to the health care providers they serve.

Root Cause

Other

Distribution Pattern

Distribution was nationwide to laboratories and to the following government accounts: 375th MEDCL GRP, Scott AFB, IL, Logistic Div USA MEDDAC, Fort Drum, NY, MED MAT SVC SGSL, Colorado Springs, CO, Naval Hosp RCVG OFCR, Charleston, SC, Keller Army Hosp MED SUP, West Point, NY, 325 MED GRP SGSL, Tyndall AFB, FL, VA Hosp Whse 90D, Miami, FL, VA MED CTR, Danville, IL, VA MED CTR, Amarillo, TX, VA MED CTR, Columbia, SC, VA MED CTR, Milwaukee, WI, 1st Med GRP, Langley AFB, VA, VA MEDCL CTR, Charleston, SC, VA MEDCL CTR, Albuquerque, NM, USH S IND Hosp., Lawton, OK, POST MED SP HSXA LOG, Fort Belvoir, VA, 366 MEDCL GRP SGSL, MTN HOME AFB, ID, Dover AFB FM, Dover AFB, DE, WEED Army COMM Hosp, Fort Irwin, CA, SHAW AFB 20th MDS SGSL, Shaw AFB, SC, William W Hasting Hosp, Tahlequah, OK, USPHS San Fidel, San Fidel, NM, Cherokee Indian Hosp, Cherokee, NC, Mount Edgecumbe Hosp, Sitka, Ak, CONTR OFFICER, Lemore, CA, FOREST CNTY POTAWATOMI, Crandon, WI, Naval Hosp, Pensacola, FL, Naval Hosp Comm OFFR, Great Lakes, IL, CONTR OFFICER, Bremerton, WA, MEDCL CTR FED PRISIONERS, Springfield, MO, PHS INDIAN HOSP, Fort Yates, ND Foreign countries: Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Chile, Germany, Canada, Mexico, Barbados, St. Vincent and Bermuda.

Related FDA 510(k) Records

Devices referenced by this recall via K-numbers.

K935673AXSYM TOTAL B-HCGAbbott Laboratories · 1994-06-21

Official Source

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Source: FDA Enforcement Report / Recall database. Always confirm against the official FDA record.