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Health product recall

KAPP2 & LAMB2 Tina-quants (2017-11-02)

Starting date:
November 2, 2017
Posting date:
November 22, 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-65200

Affected products

A. KAPP2 (TINA-QUANT KAPPA GEN.2 FOR ROCHE/HITACHI, MODULAR P AND COBAS C

B. LAMB2 (TINA-QUANT LAMBDA GEN.2 FOR COBAS C 311 AND COBAS C 501/502)

Reason

Internal investigations revealed an interference with lipemia and rheumatoid factors in the increased rerun mode for Tina-quant Kappa Gen.2 and Tina-quant Lambda Gen.2. As a consequence, the increased rerun function for both assays will be removed from the respective method sheets and the new values and new ratios will be changed in the next version of the method sheets.

Affected products

A. KAPP2 (TINA-QUANT KAPPA GEN.2 FOR ROCHE/HITACHI, MODULAR P AND COBAS C

Lot or serial number

All lots

Model or catalog number

6749976190

Companies
Manufacturer

Roche Diagnostics GMBH

Sandhoferstrasse 116

Mannheim

68305

GERMANY



B. LAMB2 (TINA-QUANT LAMBDA GEN.2 FOR COBAS C 311 AND COBAS C 501/502)

Lot or serial number

All lots

Model or catalog number

6749992190

Companies
Manufacturer

Roche Diagnostics GMBH

Sandhoferstrasse 116

Mannheim

68305

GERMANY