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510(k) · Cleared

Recalled · Class II · 2013

Difco Oxidase Dryslide

K896398510(k) TraditionalCleared Dec 18, 198942-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

Difco Laboratories, Inc. · JTO Discs, Strips And Reagents, Microorganism Differentiation

Cleared on Dec 18, 1989 after a 42-day review. FDA has not posted a summary or statement for it, so its predicates are not known. It has been recalled once.

Decided
Dec 18, 1989
Review
42 days
Class
Class I
Product code
JTO
Recalls
1
Predicates
0

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

FIG. 1 — Lineage of K896398Source: 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
Apr 12, 2013Class IIZ-1423-2013Mixed-up of materials/componentsIn-vitro diagnostic agents were placed into incorrect packaging for distribution to microbiological laboratories.

No ancestor or descendant has a Class I recall.

How does its category compare?

All JTO devices

JTO Discs, Strips And Reagents, Microorganism Differentiation: FDA decisions, review times, recalls and adverse event reports over 20 years.

FDA decisions per year · JTO

FDA has decided no JTO device since 2007.

Median 510(k) review, days · JTO

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

Recalls per year · JTO

12in 2022

2009: 12013: 22021: 12022: 12
2007high 12 (2022) · low 0 (2007)2026

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

Adverse event reports per year · JTO

2in 2025

2010: 12011: 12012: 12013: 22015: 592016: 442017: 422018: 32019: 42020: 72021: 102022: 42023: 192024: 32025: 2
2007high 59 (2015) · low 0 (2007)2025

MAUDE reports naming product code JTO, 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
20070—00
20080—00
20090—10
20100—01
20110—01
20120—01
20130—22
20140—00
20150—059
20160—044
20170—042
20180—03
20190—04
20200—07
20210—110
20220—124
20230—019
20240—03
20250—02
20260—0—
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510(k) Report. “K896398: Difco Oxidase Dryslide.” Lineage record from FDA 510(k) data and the FDA summary. Updated Nov 3, 2026. Accessed Nov 6, 2026. https://510kreport.com/device/K896398

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