Class II — Potential Health Hazard

Potential health hazard — use of or exposure to this product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences.

Assay Data Disk (ADD) Recalled by Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics Due to Software anomaly regarding urine samples that require acidified...

Date: April 6, 2015
Company: Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics
Status: Terminated
Source: FDA (Device)

What You Should Do

Stop using this product immediately. Do not consume, use, or distribute it.

Return the product to the place of purchase for a full refund. If you have questions, contact Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics directly.

Affected Products

Assay Data Disk (ADD), All DRV versions that support product within expiry dating Automates pre-analytical and post-analytical sample and data management for in vitro diagnostic use. VITROS Urine Assays: VITROS Calcium (Ca), Magnesium (Mg), and Phosphorus (Phos) requires acidification pretreatment prior to urine assay testing

Quantity: 2,387 units Total (987 domestically & 1400 internationally)

Why Was This Recalled?

Software anomaly regarding urine samples that require acidified pretreatment. The software has allowed urine samples for assays that require acidified pretreatment to be metered from the same sample container as assays that required no pretreatment when the sample was programmed.

Where Was This Sold?

This product was distributed nationwide across all 50 states.

Affected (51 states)Not affected

About Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics

Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics has 185 total recalls tracked by RecallDetector.

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Data sourced from the FDA (Device). Last updated March 26, 2026. View original report