QIAcube Connect MDx
Medical device recall Z-1746-2022. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Sep 21, 2022.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Sep 21, 2022. Copied from openFDA on Oct 20, 2026.
- Class II FDA’s class
- Ongoing its status, in FDA’s file
- 26 states named in where it went
- 93 US; 57 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?
During the “Load tip racks and enzymes” step of the run set-up, the info screen indicates “minimal volume to be loaded”, but the indicated volume is instead the exact volume that should be loaded. Misunderstanding the guidance may lead to over diluted, under diluted, or improperly lysed sample, which in turn could lead to false negative or false positive results.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
QIAcube Connect MDx, Model No. 9003070
93 US; 57 OUS, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
UDI-DI (GTIN): 04053228039129 Serial Numbers (U.S.) 30000 30009 30027 30039 30049 30061 30073 30002 30010 30028 30041 30050 30062 30075 30003 30132 30031 30042 30051 30063 30078 30004 30013 30032 30043 30053 30064 30080 30005 30016 30034…
Every code shown here, 597 characters
UDI-DI (GTIN): 04053228039129 Serial Numbers (U.S.) 30000 30009 30027 30039 30049 30061 30073 30002 30010 30028 30041 30050 30062 30075 30003 30132 30031 30042 30051 30063 30078 30004 30013 30032 30043 30053 30064 30080 30005 30016 30034 30044 30057 30065 30082 30006 30019 30035 30045 30058 30067 30089 30007 30021 30033 30046 30059 30069 30090 30008 30023 30037 30047 30060 30071 30093 30094 30095 30097 30102 30104 30109 30112 30114 30115 30117 30118 30119 30121 30124 30127 30128 30129 30130 30131 30133 30134 30136 30138 30139 30140 30141 30143 30145 30106 30025 30077 30054 30055 30066 30076
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.
Domestic distribution to AZ, CA, CO, DE, DC, FL, GA, IA, KS, LA, MA, MD, MN, NV, NJ, NY, NC, OH, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, WA, WI. International distribution worldwide.
The states and territories these words name
26 states and territories.
Every one of them
- Arizona
- California
- Colorado
- District of Columbia
- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Louisiana
- Massachusetts
- Maryland
- Minnesota
- North Carolina
- New Jersey
- Nevada
- New York
- Ohio
- Pennsylvania
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Virginia
- Washington
- Wisconsin
The words say it went outside the United States too.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
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 Nov 21, 2021.
- FDA classified it on Sep 15, 2022.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Sep 21, 2022.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- Qiagen Sciences LLC, of Germantown, MD.
- Who began it, in FDA’s words: Voluntary: Firm initiated.
- How the firm first told its customers: E-Mail.
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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