Recall StatusTerminated
Date Initiated2020-12-15
Date Terminated2021-07-27
Product QuantityUS= 223,788 ; OUS:=168,120 Totlal: 491,908
Reason for Recall
Eltrombopag Interference for VITROS Chemistry Products TP Slides and VITROS XT Chemistry Products ALB-TP Slides
Firm Action
Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics (Ortho) issued customer letter (Ref. CL2018-308) was sent via FedEx overnight courier and/ or ORTHO PLUS e-Communications and/ or US Postal Service Priority Mail (for PO Boxes only) on 15 Dec 2020 to all customers who received one of the affected products in the previous 18 months. Letter states reason for recall, health risk and action to take:
Complete the enclosed Confirmation of Receipt form no later than insert date.
Please provide the enclosed communication to customers who were shipped the affected products (listed above) from your facility within the last 18 months. Ortho has communicated with your customers that received drop shop product from our warehouse.
Foreign affiliates were informed by email on 15 Dec 2020 of the issue and instructed to notify their consignees of the issue and their required action until the updated the IFU is available.
Distribution Pattern
Worldwide distribution - US Nationwide distribution and the countries of AR, AU, BM, BR, CA, CL, CN, CO, CR, DO, EC, FR, FR, GT, HT, IN, JP, MX, PA, PE, PR, PY, SV.
Official Source
View FDA Recall →Source: FDA Enforcement Report / Recall database. Always confirm against the official FDA record.