VITROS 4600 Chemistry System
Medical device recall Z-1230-2024. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Mar 13, 2024.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Mar 13, 2024. Copied from openFDA on Oct 20, 2026.
- Class II FDA’s class
- Ongoing its status, in FDA’s file
- Nationwide FDA’s word for where it went
- 15 US; 43 OUS 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?
A software defect affecting VITROS Systems running VITROS Software Versions 3.8.0 and 3.8.1 causes the Configurable Westgard Rules to not report as expected. When a new control is defined, configurable Westgard rules, if selected, are not flagged or reported with the applicable QC results if the statistical criteria is met. This may result in acceptance of QC results that do not meet acceptance criteria, which may cause erroneous patient results to be reported.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
VITROS 4600 Chemistry System Catalog Nos. 6802445 (regular) and 6900440 (refurbished)
15 US; 43 OUS, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
VITROS System Software Versions 3.8.0 or 3.8.1 Regular UDI-DI 10758750012343 Refurbished UD-DI 10758750033201 Serial Numbers: US: J46000208 J46000209 J46000240 J46000497 J46000864 J46000865 J46000898 J46001030 J46001064 J46001125 J46001132…
Every code shown here, 714 characters
VITROS System Software Versions 3.8.0 or 3.8.1 Regular UDI-DI 10758750012343 Refurbished UD-DI 10758750033201 Serial Numbers: US: J46000208 J46000209 J46000240 J46000497 J46000864 J46000865 J46000898 J46001030 J46001064 J46001125 J46001132 J46001293 J46001462 J46001703 J46001704 OUS: J46000150 J46000933 J46000162 J46001029 J46000190 J46001041 J46000247 J46001042 J46000296 J46001087 J46000393 J46001119 J46000410 J46001186 J46000478 J46001187 J46000499 J46001210 J46000531 J46001217 J46000564 J46001289 J46000617 J46001541 J46000772 J46001565 J46000788 J46001571 J46000800 J46001609 J46000801 J46001629 J46000812 J46001639 J46000821 J46001645 J46000855 J46001680 J46000859 J46000948 J46000861 J46000983 J46000910
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 and the countries of Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Denmark, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Norway, Portugal, Russia, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, The Netherlands, United Kingdom.
These words name no state.
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 Jan 26, 2024.
- FDA classified it on Mar 1, 2024.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Mar 13, 2024.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Inc., of Rochester, NY.
- Who began it, in FDA’s words: Voluntary: Firm initiated.
- How the firm first told its customers: Letter.
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.”
- 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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