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Event 75818

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
November 29, 2016
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Sekisui Diagnostics P.E.I. Inc.

Dossier provenance

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  • openFDA Device Enforcement Report-date coverage June 20, 2012–July 08, 2026 Known gap: openFDA describes 2004-present coverage, but the current export has no report-date records in this interval.
  • openFDA Device Recall event_date_initiated coverage June 01, 1997–June 30, 2026

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Sekisui Diagnostics Ammonia L3K¿ Assay; Catalog Number: 293-80-91 and 293-10 For the IN VITRO quantitative measurement of ammonia concentration in plasma

Z-1078-2017
Recall number
Z-1078-2017
Initiated
November 29, 2016
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Quantity
774 Liters bulk and 565 kits

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
Certain lots are showing an atypical decrease in optical density (OD) over time, which may result in an impact to performance at the high end of the linear range.

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

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Reason for recall

Certain lots are showing an atypical decrease in optical density (OD) over time, which may result in an impact to performance at the high end of the linear range.

Code information

Catalog Number: 293-80-91; Lot Numbers: 48737, 48962, 49087, 49220, 49258 and Catalog Numbers: 293-10; Lot Numbers: 48967, 49330, 49331, 49515

Distribution pattern

Worldwide Distribution - US including DE, KS, FL, TX, CA, MI, TN, MA, ID, NJ, RI, IL and Internationally to Austria, Mexico, Canada, India, South Korea, China, Spain, South Korea, and Sri Lanka

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