Database updated: 27 October 2026
Safety Information
Medsafe Online Recall Database
Detail of Recall
| Type of Product: | Device |
| Medsafe Reference: | 24651 |
| Brand Name: | Alinity i BNP calibrators and Controls |
| Model: | |
| Affected: | Multiple lots |
| Software version: | |
| Recalling Organisation: | Abbott Diagnostics Division Ground Floor, Building D 4 Pacific Rise Mt Wellington AUCKLAND 1640 |
| Contact Information: | 0800 656 233 |
| Manufacturer: | Abbott Diagnostics Division |
| Issue: | The manufacturer has identified an issue with the Alinity i BNP Calibrator and Controls. The impacted lots demonstrate a time dependent, stability drift in patient and control results returned from Alinity i BNP testing. The Alinity i BNP Calibrators are for the calibration of the Alinity i analyser when used for the quantitative determination of human B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) in human EDTA plasma. The Alinity i BNP Controls are for the estimation of test precision and the detection of systematic analytical deviations of theAlinity i analyser when used for the quantitative determination of human B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) in human EDTA plasma. |
| Recall action type: | Recall |
| Recall action: | Product to be destroyed |
| Level of recall: | Hospital/Pharmacy/Laboratory |
| Date Commenced: | 31/5/2019 |
