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Ethanol Assay for the Bayer Advia Integrated Module System

K023184510(k) TraditionalCleared Nov 18, 200255-day reviewClass II21 CFR 862.3040

Data to Oct 25, 2026 (FDA decisions) Oct 12, 2026 (recalls) Sep 30, 2026 (MAUDE) refreshed weekly, last Nov 3, 2026

Bayer Diagnostics Corp. · DIC Alcohol Dehydrogenase, Specific Reagent For Ethanol Enzyme Method

Cleared on Nov 18, 2002 after a 55-day review. The FDA summary names its predicate without a number.

Decided
Nov 18, 2002
Review
55 days
Class
Class II
Product code
DIC
Recalls
None
Predicates
0

The FDA summary names its predicate without a number.

FIG. 1 — Lineage of K023184Source: FDA 510(k) database · How lineage is built

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What was it cleared against? (1)

Devices the submitter claimed this one is substantially equivalent to (*), and reference devices cited for a specific test or feature (†), as written in the FDA summary.

TypeNumberDeviceApplicantDecidedRecalls
*—TDx/Ethanol
Named without a submission number
—

What descends from it?

No later submission names this one as a predicate yet.

Has anything in its family been recalled? (0 Class I)

No FDA recall names this device.

No ancestor or descendant has a Class I recall.

How does its category compare?

All DIC devices

DIC Alcohol Dehydrogenase, Specific Reagent For Ethanol Enzyme Method: FDA decisions, review times, recalls and adverse event reports over 20 years.

FDA decisions per year · DIC

1in 2025

2007: 22010: 22011: 22012: 12013: 12018: 12025: 1
2007high 2 (2007) · low 0 (2008)2026

2026 to Oct 25, outlined.

Median 510(k) review, days · DIC

Too few DIC 510(k)s in any year since 2007 to give a median.

Recalls per year · DIC

1in 2025

2010: 12025: 1
2007high 1 (2010) · low 0 (2007)2026

Class I (0 since 2007) Class II/III not classified

Adverse event reports per year · DIC

3in 2025

2009: 12010: 12011: 12020: 12025: 3
2007high 3 (2025) · low 0 (2007)2025

MAUDE reports naming product code DIC, not matched to any one device; reports are not rates.

View these four charts as a table
YearDecisionsMedian 510(k) review, daysRecalls (Class I)MAUDE reports
20072—00
20080—00
20090—01
20102—11
20112—01
20121—00
20131—00
20140—00
20150—00
20160—00
20170—00
20181—00
20190—00
20200—01
20210—00
20220—00
20230—00
20240—00
20251—13
20260—0—

What is it indicated for?

The Bayer ADVIA IMS Ethanol method is an in vitro diagnostic device intended to quantitatively measure ethanol (alcohol) levels in human serum or plasma (Lithium heparin). Such measurements are used in the diagnosis of ethanol toxicity and overdose.

Indications for use read by OCR from a scanned FDA summary, so letters may be misread. Check the PDF before quoting it.

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510(k) Report. “K023184: Ethanol Assay for the Bayer Advia Integrated Module System.” Lineage record from FDA 510(k) data and the FDA summary. Updated Nov 3, 2026. Accessed Nov 4, 2026. https://510kreport.com/device/K023184

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Record history
  • FDA decision record loaded May 2, 2026
  • Summary read Oct 13, 2026 (extraction version 9eaa42aa01ed)
  • Page last updated Nov 3, 2026