Class II — Potential Health Hazard

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

VITROS Chemistry Products PHBR (Phenobarbital) Slides Recalled by Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics Due to Ortho Clinical Diagnostics (OCD) received customer complaints of...

Date: March 14, 2013
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

VITROS Chemistry Products PHBR (Phenobarbital) Slides, REF 822 1384. For the quantitative measure of phenobarbital (PHBR) concentration in serum and plasma.

Quantity: Domestic: 11,164 units, Foreign: 594 units

Why Was This Recalled?

Ortho Clinical Diagnostics (OCD) received customer complaints of intermittent imprecision, outliers, or shifts in accuracy and control fluid values outside of expected intervals when using VITROS Chemistry Products PHBR Slides. OCD's investigation confirmed that positively biased values for patient samples could be obtained that may not be detected by quality control fluids.

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.

Related Recalls

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