Abbott Laboratories: Medical Device Recall in 2017 - (Recall #: Z-2613-2017)

ARCHITECT SHBG Reagent The ARCHITECT SHBG assay is a chemiluminescent microparticle immunoassay (CMIA) for the quantitative determination of sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG) in human serum and plasma on the ARCHITECT iSystem. The ARCHITECT SHBG assay is used as an aid in the diagnosis of androgen disorders.

Class II

Firm has identified that ARCHITECT SHBG results generated with the Potassium EDTA specimen tube type may demonstrate a negative shift relative to results generated with serum. There is a potential for falsely decreased ARCHITECT SHBG results to be generated when using the ARCHITECT SHBG assay with the Potassium EDTA specimen tube type.

List number: 8K26-20, Lot Numbers: 01916E000, 00316F000, 01816G000, 00916I000, 07316I000, 00916L000 ; List Number: 8K26-25, Lot Numbers: 01816E000, 00216F000, 01716G000, 00816I000, 07216I000

Worldwide Distribution - USA (nationwide) and to the countries of : ARGENTINA, ARMENIA, AUSTRIA, AZERBAIJAN, BANGLADESH, BARBADOS, BELARUS, BELGIUM, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA, BRAZIL, BRUNEI, CANADA, CHINA, CHILE, COLOMBIA, COSTA RICA, CROATIA, CYPRUS, CZECH REPUBLIC, DEM. REP. OF THE CON, DENMARK, EGYPT, ESTONIA, FINLAND, FRANCE, GEORGIA, GERMANY, GREECE, HUNGARY, INDIA, IRAN, IRAQ, IRELAND, ISRAEL, ITALY, JORDAN, KAZAKHSTAN, KUWAIT, LATVIA, LEBANON, LITHUANIA, LUXEMBOURG, MALAYSIA, MEXICO, MONTENEGRO, NAMIBIA, NETHERLANDS, NORWAY, OMAN, PAKISTAN, PARAGUAY, PHILIPPINES, POLAND, PORTUGAL, QATAR, ROMANIA, RUSSIA, SAUDI ARABIA, SERBIA, SINGAPORE, SLOVAKIA, SLOVENIA, SOUTH AFRICA, SOUTH KOREA, SPAIN, SRI LANKA, SWEDEN, SWITZERLAND, TAIWAN, THAILAND, TURKEY, UAE, UNITED KINGDOM, URUGUAY, VIETNAM

Voluntary: Firm initiated