Alinity recallZ-2552-2019 · Sentinel CH SpA · initiated Jun 28, 2019
Terminated
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Why it was recalled
Added an additional SmartWash parameter for the Lithium and Alinity c Lithium Reagent Kit, catalogue number 8L25-30 and 08P5320 to prevent the potential for carryover from the ARCHITECT Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH) reagent (LN 2P56) may result infalsely elevated lithium patient results
FDA root cause category: Under Investigation by firm
What the company is doing
Sentinel issued Urgent Field Safety Notice letter on 6/28/19 via email to the distributor. The Distributor Abbott notified customers by letter Urgent Field Safety Notice Product Correction dated July 11, 2019 advising of the problem, health risk and action to take: If the LDH reagent is installed on your instrument, please follow the instructions 1. Update the Lithium (LN 8L25-30) assay parameters to add the new SmartWash. For additional information, see the ARCHITECT System Operations Manual, Section 2, Configure the SmartWash settings (c System. Install the Alinit y c Lithium assay file version 6 to implement the new LDH SmartWash. Customer Service at 18774ABBOTT (available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week). Customers outside the U.S., please contact your local area Customer Service
Recall details
- Recall number
- Z-2552-2019
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated by the company
- Jun 28, 2019
- Recalling firm
- Sentinel CH SpA
- Quantity
- 1217 kits
- Product code
- NDW
- FDA submissions
- K070987
- Distribution
- Nationwide Foreign: ARGENTINA AUSTRALIA AUSTRIA AZERBAIJAN BANGLADESH BELARUS BELGIUM BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVI BRAZIL BRUNEI CANADA CHILE COLOMBIA COSTA RICA CROATIA CZECH REPUBLIC DENMARK FAROE ISLANDS FINLAND FRANCE GERMANY GREECE GREENLAND HONG KONG IRELAND ISRAEL ITALY JORDAN KUWAIT LEBANON LUXEMBOURG MALAYSIA MALDIVES MEXICO MOROCCO NETHERLANDS NEW ZEALAND NIGERIA NORWAY OMAN PAKISTAN PANAMA PARAGUAY PHILIPPINES POLAND PORTUGAL PUERTO RICO ROMANIA RWANDA SAUDI ARABIA SLOVAKIA SOUTH AFRICA SPAIN ST. VINCENT SWEDEN SWITZERLAND TAIWAN THAILAND TURKEY UAE UNITED KINGDOM URUGUAY
Product description
Alinity c Lithium Reagent Kit- intended for the quantitation of lithium in serum or plasma using respectively the ARCHITECT c Systems and the Alinity c analyzer List Number: 08P5320
Code information (models, lots, serial numbers)
Lot Number/UDI: 80553Y600/ (01)00380740136277 (17)190731(10)80553Y600; 80444Y600/ (01)00380740136277 (17)190731(10)80444Y600; 80625Y600/ (01)00380740136277 (17)191130(10)80625Y600; 90224Y600/ (01)0038074013627 (17)200229(10)90224Y600
Devices named in this recall
1 device in the FDA device registry whose identifier appears in the recall's code information.
- Alinity 08P5320Abbott Laboratories · Assay, porphyrin, spectrophotometry, lithium1 recall0 reports
Product lines
Sources and updates
- Recall record: FDA Medical Device Recalls, file dated Oct 16, 2026 · View the FDA recall notice ↗
- Devices: FDA GUDID, file dated Oct 13, 2026. Devices are linked when their identifier (with a valid check digit) appears in the recall's code information.
- Page last rebuilt: Oct 16, 2026. Text above is shown as published by the FDA.
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