Database updated: 27 October 2026
Safety Information
Medsafe Online Recall Database
Detail of Recall
| Type of Product: | Device |
| Medsafe Reference: | 20745 |
| Brand Name: | Abbott Diagnostics Architect Lactic Acid |
| Model: | |
| Affected: | 31497UN14, 09353UN15, 45216UN15, 14596UN15, 37055UN15, 14782UN16 |
| Software version: | |
| Recalling Organisation: | Abbott Australasia Pty Ltd (NZ) Abbott Laboratories NZ 4 Pacific Rise, Mt Wellington Auckland 1060 |
| Contact Information: | 61 2 93849717 |
| Manufacturer: | Abbott Ireland |
| Issue: | Abbott has identified negative interference from the drug N-Acetyl Cysteine (NAC) with the ARCHITECT Lactic Acid reagent (LN 9D89-21). Which may have falsely depressed Lactic Acid results. |
| Recall action type: | Correction |
| Recall action: | Instructions for use to be updated |
| Level of recall: | Hospital/Pharmacy/Laboratory |
| Date Commenced: | 17/10/2016 |
