Health product recall

Alinity C Iron Reagent Kit

Brand(s)
Last updated

Summary

Product
Alinity C Iron Reagent Kit
Issue
Medical devices - Performance issue
What to do

Contact the manufacturer if you require additional information. 

Audience
Healthcare

Affected products

Affected products

Lot or serial number

Model or catalogue number

Iron

30918Y600
30610Y600
21101Y600
21058Y600

6K95-41
6K95-30

Alinity C Iron Reagent Kit

30227Y600
21118Y600
30302Y600
21046Y600

08P3920

Issue

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

 

Additional information

Details
Original published date:
Alert / recall type
Health product recall
Category
Health products - Medical devices - Chemistry
Companies
Sentinel Ch. Spa
Via Robert Koch, 2, Milan, Italy, 20152
Published by
Health Canada
Audience
Healthcare
Recall class
Type II
Identification number
RA-74426

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