Health product recall

Alinity C Iron Reagent Kit

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Summary

Product
Alinity C Iron Reagent Kit
Issue
Medical devices - Performance
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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