FDAFebruary 15, 2012device
Pointe Scientific Hitachi AST Reagent R1 : PE plastic bottle w/PP plastic cap. R2: PE plastic bottle w /PP plastic cap. Product Usage: Two Part Chemistry Reagent For the quantitative determination of Aspartate Aminotransferase (ASl) in human serum on Hitachi analyzers.
Official recall recorded by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration.
The hazard
A Discrepancy was found on Hitachi AST (HA7 61) package insert. Limitations section indicates linearity is 500 U/L and the Performance section linearity is listed as 0-600 U/L, which is not consistent with the 510k submission package insert.
What to do
FDA enforcement status: Terminated
Brands named
medtest
Recall history
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