ARCHITECT Anti-HCV Reagent Kit, List Numbers: a) 1L79-25, b) 1L79-35
Official recall recorded by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration.
The hazard
Customer complaints were received regarding falsely elevated results for some patient samples. Internal studies with customer return samples confirmed potential interactions that may lead to falsely elevated results when processed as below on the same instrument: " ARCHITECT Syphilis TP (LN 8D06) and/or ARCHITECT AdviseDx SARS-CoV-2-IgG II (LN 6S60) precedes ARCHITECT Anti-HCV testing (LN 1L79). " Alinity i Syphilis TP (LN 07P60) precedes Alinity i Anti-HCV testing (LN 08P05).
What to do
FDA enforcement status: Ongoing
Brands named
UPCs
Recall history
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