Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics: Medical Device Recall in 2016 - (Recall #: Z-0643-2016)

Updated on March 25, 2026.

See the recall detail below. You can also see other recalls from the same firm in 2016.

Data Source: FDA.

Product Description:

VITROS 5,1 FS Chemistry System, Catalog Number 6801375, Unique Device Identifier Number 10758750001132, and VITROS 5,1 FS Chemistry System Refurbished, Catalog Number 6801890, Unique Device Identifier Number 10758750001644, Software Version 2.8 and below, IVD. Product Usage: The VITROS 5,1 FS Chemistry System is intended for use in the in vitro quantitative measurement of a variety of analytes of clinical interest, using both VITROS Chemistry Products Slides (colorimetric endpoint, rate, ion-selective electrode, and immunorate methods) and VITROS Chemistry Products MicroTip liquid reagents (spectrophotometric and spectrophotometric immunoassay methods.).

Product Classification:

Class II

Date Initiated: November 3, 2015

Date Posted: January 20, 2016

Recall Number: Z-0643-2016

Event ID: 72597

Reason for Recall:

Software anomaly may allow VITROS Systems to sample and process assays while the fluids and reagent temperatures are not in the required temperature range for optimal processing. When this intermittent issue occurs, the VITROS Systems continue to operate and process results without notification to the User, possibly producing erroneous results.

Status: Terminated

Product Quantity: VITROS 5,1: Domestic - 932, Foreign - 1245; 5,1 Refurbished: Domestic - 63; Foreign - 153

Code Information:

Software Version 2.8 and below; VITROS 5,1 FS Chemistry System Serial Numbers J34000016 - J34002323; VITROS 5,1 FS Chemistry System Refurbished Serial Numbers 34000133, 34000193, 34000197, 34000212, 34000285, 34000316, 34000318, 34000337, 34000360, 34000420, 34000451, 34000478, 34000495, 34000497, 34000529, 34000538, 34000552, 34000557, 34000590, 34000596, 34000601, 34000631, 34000642, 34000761, 34000799, 34000805, 34000833, 34000851, 34000893, 34000946, 34000947, 34001006, 34001172, 34001218, 34001240, 34001243, 34001248, 34001251, 34001274, 34001297, 34001311, 34001317, 34001345, 34001378, 34001379, 34001389, 34001390, 34001396, 34001422, 34001472, 34001504, 34001569, 34001572, 34001612, 34001626, 34001633, 34001668, 34001755, 34001809, 34001840, 34001850, 34001875, 34001897, 34000123, 34000143, 34000191, 34000215, 34000219, 34000235, 34000251, 34000256, 34000260, 34000261, 34000319, 34000331, 34000380, 34000382, 34000406, 34000408, 34000412, 34000426, 34000431, 34000454, 34000464, 34000473, 34000501, 34000523, 34000530, 34000541, 34000542, 34000546, 34000548, 34000553, 34000558, 34000576, 34000577, 34000584, 34000585, 34000609, 34000612, 34000615, 34000616, 34000617, 34000618, 34000620, 34000625, 34000637, 34000644, 34000672, 34000744, 34000745, 34000755, 34000759, 34000776, 34000793, 34000800, 34000814, 34000831, 34000844, 34000846, 34000852, 34000856, 34000870, 34000876, 34000887, 34000892, 34000902, 34000912, 34000920, 34000938, 34000956, 34000969, 34000976, 34001007, 34001009, 34001044, 34001045, 34001052, 34001071, 34001075, 34001098, 34001099, 34001111, 34001129, 34001154, 34001161, 34001171, 34001182, 34001192, 34001195, 34001201, 34001204, 34001208, 34001212, 34001234, 34001247, 34001254, 34001271, 34001278, 34001284, 34001288, 34001289, 34001293, 34001298, 34001301, 34001302, 34001316, 34001325, 34001337, 34001340, 34001348, 34001367, 34001369, 34001399, 34001400, 34001407, 34001410, 34001416, 34001423, 34001427, 34001429, 34001457, 34001490, 34001518, 34001526, 34001551, 34001573, 34001580, 34001581, 34001582, 34001587, 34001589, 34001594, 34001610, 34001618, 34001623, 34001627, 34001673, 34001688, 34001693, 34001725, 34001738, 34001745, 34001747, 34001790, 34001796, 34001798, 34001810, 34001822, 34001831, 34001833, 34001849, 34001855, 34001859, 34001860, 34001867, 34001871, 34001872, 34001881, 34001905, 34001916, 34001923, 34001995.

Distribution Pattern:

Worldwide Distribution - US Nationwide and the countries of Puerto Rico, and foreign distribution to: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, England, France, Germany, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, Panama, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Russia, Singapore, Spain, Taiwan, Turkey, and Venezuela.

Voluntary or Mandated:

Voluntary: Firm initiated