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IMx Rubella IgM Reagent Kit, 100 tests, list 7A24-20; Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL 60064

FDA device recall Z-1129-03 · posted 2003-08-13 · Terminated

Recall details

Recalling firm
Abbott Laboratories HPD/ADD/GPRD
Reason for recall
The package insert contains incomplete information for the English text. Pages 4 and 5 are missing and pages 14 and 15 are duplicated.
Action taken
Recall letters dated 7/21/03 were sent to the accounts by Federal Express Priority on 7/22/03, informing the accounts of the error in the package insert and instructing them to discontinue using the incorrect insert (commodity 34-0284/R8) and used the enclosed revised insert (commodity 34-2915/R9) with lot 01687M300. The revised package insert 34-2915/R9 was inadvertently omitted from the first mailing and was sent on 7/23/03.
Root cause
Other
Status
Terminated
Product code
LFX
Quantity affected
423 kits
Distribution
California, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee, Wisconsin, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Massachusetts and Texas, and internationally to Columbia, Peru, Uruguay, Brazil, San Salvador, Canada, Ge
Date initiated
2003-07-22
Date posted
2003-08-13
Date terminated
2003-09-16
Location
Abbott Park, IL

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