2/24/00 Class II

PRODUCT

Aeroset Assay Disks, V3.0 Conventional Units, used as a software diskette
to upgrade the Aeroset System, which is a clinical chemistry analyzer,
used for in-vitro diagnostic tests. Recall #Z-488-0.

REASON

The disks are improperly duplicated and contain software that will
install System International (SI) units, rather than conventional
units as labeled.

CODE

List #4E43-03, distributed between 2/8/00 and 2/12/00.

MANUFACTURER

Abbott Laboratories, Inc., Irving, Texas.

Vendor, Media Magnetics, Richardson, Texas (the firm that duplicated
the disks).

RECALLED BY

Abbott Laboratories, Inc., Irving, Texas, by telephone on February 24,
2000. Firm-initiated recall ongoing.

DISTRIBUTION

Nationwide and Brazil.

QUANTITY

97 units were distributed.