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Alinity c iron reagent kit

Official notice

16 Oct 2023

Last checked

16 Oct 2023

Medium riskHealth Canada

An official Health Canada notice concerns Alinity c iron reagent kit. Sentinel Ch Spa, the manufacturer of iron for use with Architect and Alinity C Iron Reagent Kit, has identified an issue with the reagents. Some customers have experienced elevated quality control (QC) results as well as elevated patient results. A high recovery of iron assay has been observed at some customer sites. Internal studies confirmed the positive shift of quality control and patient samples results, up to 15% for iron products (Alinity C Iron Reagent ref. 08p3920) to be used on Abbott Alinity instrument and 30% for iron products (iron ref. 6k95-41 and iron ref. 6k95-30) to be used on Abbott Architect instrument. Recall start date: September 29, 2023 Published 2023-10-16.

What to do now

Contact the manufacturer if you require additional information.

Recall number

74426

Official notice

2023-10-16

The hazard

Sentinel Ch Spa, the manufacturer of iron for use with Architect and Alinity C Iron Reagent Kit, has identified an issue with the reagents. Some customers have experienced elevated quality control (QC) results as well as elevated patient results. A high recovery of iron assay has been observed at some customer sites. Internal studies confirmed the positive shift of quality control and patient samples results, up to 15% for iron products (Alinity C Iron Reagent ref. 08p3920) to be used on Abbott Alinity instrument and 30% for iron products (iron ref. 6k95-41 and iron ref. 6k95-30) to be used on Abbott Architect instrument. Recall start date: September 29, 2023

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Recall Numbers

74426

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Affected products

Product 1

Affected products - Iron, Lot or serial number - 30918Y600 30610Y600 21101Y600 21058Y600, Model or catalogue number - 6K95-41 6K95-30

Product 2

Affected products - Alinity C Iron Reagent Kit, Lot or serial number - 30227Y600 21118Y600 30302Y600 21046Y600, Model or catalogue number - 08P3920

Risk / hazard

Sentinel Ch Spa, the manufacturer of iron for use with Architect and Alinity C Iron Reagent Kit, has identified an issue with the reagents. Some customers have experienced elevated quality control (QC) results as well as elevated patient results. A high recovery of iron assay has been observed at some customer sites. Internal studies confirmed the positive shift of quality control and patient samples results, up to 15% for iron products (Alinity C Iron Reagent ref. 08p3920) to be used on Abbott Alinity instrument and 30% for iron products (iron ref. 6k95-41 and iron ref. 6k95-30) to be used on Abbott Architect instrument. Recall start date: September 29, 2023

Where it was sold

The source does not list specific retailers. See the official notice for where affected products were sold.

Location 1

CA · Canada

Affected area 1

CA · Canada

Company & contacts

Manufacturer

Not provided

Phone

Not provided

Brand: Sentinel Ch, Alinity C Iron Reagent Kit.

Source & status

Source

Health Canada

Tier

official

Category

HOME

Classification

Type II

App estimate

medium

Recall details

Recall number

74426

Classification

Type II

Source tier

official

Documents, notices & source

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