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510(k) · Cleared

Recalled · 2003

Gram Stain Control Slide

K890718510(k) TraditionalCleared Mar 16, 198931-day reviewClass I21 CFR 866.2660Recalls 1

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

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Cleared on Mar 16, 1989 after a 31-day review. FDA has not posted a summary or statement for it, so its predicates are not known. It has been recalled once.

Decided
Mar 16, 1989
Review
31 days
Class
Class I
Product code
LJG
Recalls
1
Predicates
0

FDA has not posted a summary or statement for it, so its predicates are not known.

FIG. 1 — Lineage of K890718Source: FDA 510(k) database · How lineage is built

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What was it cleared against?

FDA has not posted a summary or statement for it, so its predicates are not known.

What descends from it?

No later submission names this one as a predicate yet.

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

Recalls of this device

DateClassRecallRoot causeReason
Nov 3, 2003Not classifiedZ-0273-04OtherSome slides contain sporadic fields of positive and/or negative control inoculum in the test specimen area

No ancestor or descendant has a Class I recall.

How does its category compare?

All LJG devices

LJG Quality Control Slides: FDA decisions, review times, recalls and adverse event reports over 20 years.

FDA decisions per year · LJG

FDA has decided no LJG device since 2007.

Median 510(k) review, days · LJG

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

Recalls per year · LJG

1in 2013

2013: 1
2007high 1 (2013) · low 0 (2007)2026

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

Adverse event reports per year · LJG

No MAUDE report names LJG since 2007.

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510(k) Report. “K890718: Gram Stain Control Slide.” Lineage record from FDA 510(k) data and the FDA summary. Updated Nov 3, 2026. Accessed Nov 6, 2026. https://510kreport.com/device/K890718

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