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Health product recall

CELL-DYN Ruby (2017-11-22)

Starting date:
November 22, 2017
Posting date:
November 30, 2017
Type of communication:
Medical Device Recall
Subcategory:
Medical Device
Hazard classification:
Type III
Source of recall:
Health Canada
Issue:
Medical Devices
Audience:
General Public, Healthcare Professionals, Hospitals
Identification number:
RA-65288

Affected products

CELL-DYN Ruby

Reason

Abbott has identified occurrences of incorrect display of standard deviation (SD) values for specific hematological parameters in quality control (QC) view, QC-QCID view, and QC-L-J.   View displays when unit sets other than the USA unit are selected on the CELL-DYN Ruby Analyzer.  The issue does not impact QC results or instrument flagging of out-of-range results.  There is no biohazard, electrical, physical, or chemical hazard as a result of this issue.

Affected products

CELL-DYN Ruby

Lot or serial number

Serial numbers below 70594BG

Model or catalog number
  • 08H67-01
  • 08H67-03
Companies
Manufacturer

Abbott Laboratories Diagnostics Division

100 ABBOTT PARK ROAD

ABBOTT PARK

60064

Illinois

UNITED STATES