Brand Name: Alinity hq Analyzer Product Name: Alinity hq Analyzer
Medical device recall Z-0489-2026. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Nov 19, 2025.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Nov 19, 2025. Copied from openFDA on Oct 20, 2026.
- Class II FDA’s class
- Ongoing its status, in FDA’s file
- Nationwide FDA’s word, and 9 states named
- 833 how much, in FDA’s words
Every line below is in FDA’s own words, with its source beside it. FDA’s terms are explained in FDA’s own words.
How serious is it, by FDA’s class?
Class II, the middle of FDA’s three classes.
“Products that might cause a temporary health problem, or pose only a slight threat of a serious nature. Example: a drug that is under-strength but that is not used to treat life-threatening situations.”
openFDA, in plain words, its enforcement report fields.
“Class II is a situation in which use of, or exposure to, a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote.”
FDA’s rule, 21 CFR 7.3(m)(2), eCFR.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
What’s wrong with it?
Software issue for hq analyzer results in system not visibly applying appropriate flagging to results when saturation is present which may result in incorrect results.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
Brand Name: Alinity hq Analyzer Product Name: Alinity hq Analyzer Model/Catalog Number: 09P68-01 Software Version: 5.0 to 5.10.1 for OUS, 5.7 and 5.10.1 in the US Product Description: Alinity hq Analyzer Component: No
833, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
SN UDI HQ00480 (01)380740138851(21)HQ00480 HQ01231 (01)380740138851(21)HQ01231 HQ01232 (01)380740138851(21)HQ01232 HQ01233 (01)380740138851(21)HQ01233 HQ01236 (01)380740138851(21)HQ01236 HQ01237 (01)380740138851(21)HQ01237 HQ01238…
Every code shown here, 2,000 characters
SN UDI HQ00480 (01)380740138851(21)HQ00480 HQ01231 (01)380740138851(21)HQ01231 HQ01232 (01)380740138851(21)HQ01232 HQ01233 (01)380740138851(21)HQ01233 HQ01236 (01)380740138851(21)HQ01236 HQ01237 (01)380740138851(21)HQ01237 HQ01238 (01)380740138851(21)HQ01238 HQ01239 (01)380740138851(21)HQ01239 HQ01240 (01)380740138851(21)HQ01240 HQ01241 (01)380740138851(21)HQ01241 HQ01244 (01)380740138851(21)HQ01244 HQ01246 (01)380740138851(21)HQ01246 HQ01247 (01)380740138851(21)HQ01247 HQ01248 (01)380740138851(21)HQ01248 HQ01249 (01)380740138851(21)HQ01249 HQ01250 (01)380740138851(21)HQ01250 HQ01252 (01)380740138851(21)HQ01252 HQ01253 (01)380740138851(21)HQ01253 HQ01256 (01)380740138851(21)HQ01256 HQ01257 (01)380740138851(21)HQ01257 HQ01263 (01)380740138851(21)HQ01263 HQ01265 (01)380740138851(21)HQ01265 OUS: HQ00117 (01)380740138851(21)HQ00117 HQ00119 (01)380740138851(21)HQ00119 HQ00120 (01)380740138851(21)HQ00120 HQ00126 (01)380740138851(21)HQ00126 HQ00127 (01)380740138851(21)HQ00127 HQ00128 (01)380740138851(21)HQ00128 HQ00132 (01)380740138851(21)HQ00132 HQ00136 (01)380740138851(21)HQ00136 HQ00139 (01)380740138851(21)HQ00139 HQ00140 (01)380740138851(21)HQ00140 HQ00141 (01)380740138851(21)HQ00141 HQ00144 (01)380740138851(21)HQ00144 HQ00145 (01)380740138851(21)HQ00145 HQ00148 (01)380740138851(21)HQ00148 HQ00149 (01)380740138851(21)HQ00149 HQ00152 (01)380740138851(21)HQ00152 HQ00154 (01)380740138851(21)HQ00154 HQ00157 (01)380740138851(21)HQ00157 HQ00162 (01)380740138851(21)HQ00162 HQ00164 (01)380740138851(21)HQ00164 HQ00166 (01)380740138851(21)HQ00166 HQ00169 (01)380740138851(21)HQ00169 HQ00171 (01)380740138851(21)HQ00171 HQ00172 (01)380740138851(21)HQ00172 HQ00173 (01)380740138851(21)HQ00173 HQ00174 (01)380740138851(21)HQ00174 HQ00175 (01)380740138851(21)HQ00175 HQ00183 (01)380740138851(21)HQ00183 HQ00184 (01)380740138851(21)HQ00184 HQ00185 (01)380740138851(21)HQ00185 HQ00187 (01)380740138851(21)HQ00187 HQ00191 (01)380740138851(21)HQ00191 HQ00192 (01)380740138851(21)HQ00192 HQ00194…
FDA’s list runs to 29,999 characters. The first part is shown; the rest is on FDA’s record.
Copied exactly as FDA lists them: lot and serial numbers, dates and other codes on the product or its label.
Where did it go?
FDA’s words for the “general area of initial distribution”: where the firm first shipped it.
Worldwide distribution: US (nationwide) to states of: AL, CA, CO, FL, IN, MN, NC, NY, OK and OUS (foreign) to countries of: ALBANIA, ARGENTINA, AUSTRALIA, BANGLADESH, BELGIUM, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA, BRAZIL, BULGARIA, CANADA, CAYMAN ISLANDS, CHILE, COLOMBIA, CROATIA, CZECH REPUBLIC, DENMARK, EGYPT, FRANCE, GERMANY, GREECE, HONG KONG, HUNGARY, INDIA, INDONESIA, ITALY, JAMAICA, JAPAN, JORDAN, KUWAIT, LEBANON, LITHUANIA, MALAYSIA, MALDIVES, MEXICO, NETHERLANDS, NORWAY, OMAN, PAKISTAN, PANAMA, PHILIPPINES, POLAND, PORTUGAL, QATAR, ROMANIA, SAUDI ARABIA, SERBIA, SLOVENIA, SOUTH AFRICA, SOUTH KOREA, SPAIN, SWITZERLAND, THAILAND, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, TURKEY, UAE,UNITED KINGDOM, URUGUAY, and VIETNAM.
The states and territories these words name
- Alabama
- California
- Colorado
- Florida
- Indiana
- Minnesota
- North Carolina
- New York
- Oklahoma
What FDA means by nationwide
“The term “nationwide” is defined to mean the fifty states or a significant portion. Note that subsequent distribution by the consignees to other parties may not be included.”
openFDA, its enforcement report fields.
The words say it went outside the United States too.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
Is it still going on?
Ongoing, in FDA’s file.
“A recall which is currently in progress.”
openFDA, on “On-Going”, its enforcement report fields.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
- The firm began the recall on Sep 18, 2025.
- FDA classified it on Nov 12, 2025.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Nov 19, 2025.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- Abbott Laboratories, of Santa Clara, CA.
- Who began it, in FDA’s words: Voluntary: Firm initiated.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
What this record can’t tell you
- Whether your own one is affected: compare the codes, dates and numbers above with yours. When unsure, ask the firm or the store.
- Where it went after the firm’s first shipments. FDA’s words cover the firm’s initial distribution, and, in FDA’s words, “subsequent distribution by the consignees to other parties may not be included.”
- How many have been returned, corrected or destroyed: FDA’s report doesn’t say.
- Whether anyone was hurt or fell ill: the report doesn’t say.
- How current it is: openFDA publishes FDA’s Enforcement Report weekly, after FDA does, and a firm can announce a recall weeks before it appears there. openFDA’s own caution: “This data should not be used as a method to collect data to issue alerts to the public, nor should it be used to track the lifecycle of a recall.”
- FDA’s list of codes runs to 29,999 characters; the first part is shown here, and the rest is on FDA’s record.
- A product with no recall here isn’t safe by that: FDA’s report lists the recalls FDA classified, and when.
Hearth Record wrote these lines; the quotations are FDA’s.
Sources
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U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Device recall enforcement reports.
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