Official recall record
ARCHITECT Anti-HCV Reagent Kit, List Numbers: a) 1L79-25, b) 1L79-35
- Issuing authority
- US FDA — Medical Devices
- Alert date
- 2024-03-04
- Country of alert
- Germany
- Alert level
- Class II
- Alert type
- recall
- Barcode (EAN/GTIN)
- 00380740001414
- Brand on record
- Abbott GmbH
What the authority reported
Customer complaints were received regarding falsely elevated results for some patient samples. Internal studies with customer return samples confirmed potential interactions that may lead to falsely elevated results when processed as below on the same instrument: " ARCHITECT Syphilis TP (LN 8D06) and/or ARCHITECT AdviseDx SARS-CoV-2-IgG II (LN 6S60) precedes ARCHITECT Anti-HCV testing (LN 1L79). " Alinity i Syphilis TP (LN 07P60) precedes Alinity i Anti-HCV testing (LN 08P05).
What to do
Follow the instructions in the official notice — recall remedies (refund, repair, replacement, or disposal) are defined by the issuing authority and the responsible business, and they differ per recall. Do not rely on summaries, including this one.
Record last checked against the registry on 2026-05-31.