Recall Register

Device recall: Roche cobas IT 1000 Product Usage: Intended Use: An electronic device intended to store, retrieve, and process…

Class II FDA enforcement event 68912. Recall start date: . Status in the FDA record: Terminated. Termination date: .

Reason for recall, in the words of FDA

Potential that test results would be assigned to the wrong Patient ID if cobas IT 1000 receives an ADT ADMIT, TRANSFER or MERGE event message that contains a genuine Patient ID (e.g. 999999), which is the same as what has been configured as the Generic Patient ID (999999 by default).

Class II, in the words of FDA

a situation in which use of or exposure to a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote

Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. started this device recall on 31 Jul 2014. The firm address in the FDA record is in Indianapolis, IN. FDA put the recall in Class II. FDA event 68912 has 1 product record. The first FDA enforcement report date is 10 Sep 2014. The record gives the status Terminated, with the termination date 16 Jun 2015.

It is important to note that most of the time recall classifications are determined after the recalling firm provides all of the information needed to determine the risk posed to public health. The classification and posting in the FDA Enforcement Report should not be seen as an expansion or change to a firm’s voluntary public warning.

FDA publishes these words. Source: FDA, Enforcement Reports, Important Note, read on . openFDA export of .

Distribution

In the words of FDA.

US Nationwide Distribution in the states of: AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CT, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, ME, MI, MO, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, PR, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WA, WI, and WV.

Recalling firm

Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc., Indianapolis, IN.

Recalling firm: The firm that the FDA record names for a recall.

FDA records how the recall started: Voluntary: Firm initiated.

Products

1 product record in the event.

FDA event 68912: product records
Recall numberProductQuantityClassStatusReport date
Z-2563-2014Roche cobas IT 1000 Product Usage: Intended Use: An electronic device intended to store, retrieve, and process laboratory data.148 UnitsClass IITerminated10 Sep 2014

openFDA, about the status: FDA does not update the status of a recall after the recall has been classified according to its level of hazard. As such, the status of a recall (open, completed, or terminated) will remain unchanged after published in the Enforcement Reports. Source: openFDA, Drug Recall Enforcement Reports, Disclaimer.

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Class II: The middle of the three FDA recall classes.

The event in context

Device events that started in 2014
1,176
Share of these events in Class II
91%
Product records in this event
1Median of the firm: 1
Events of the firm on the register
69

Other events of the firm

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. FDA enforcement event 68912. https://recallregister.com/fda/ii/68912/. Source: openFDA enforcement reports. Data through .

Sources

Source
openFDA device enforcement reports
Licence
CC0 1.0
Export date
28 Sep 2026
Newest FDA report date on the register
23 Sep 2026

FDA has one record for each product. This site puts the records with the same event number on one page. The class of the event is the highest class of its records. How the register is made. Report an error.

Questions

Where was the product distributed?
The FDA record gives this distribution: US Nationwide Distribution in the states of: AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CT, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, ME, MI, MO, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, PR, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WA, WI, and WV.
What quantity of product is in FDA event 68912?
The FDA record gives this quantity: 148 Units
How did the recall start?
The FDA record says: Voluntary: Firm initiated
How many device recalls of 2014 have the same class?
91% of the 1,176 device events that started in 2014 are in Class II.