ABBOTT DIAGNOSTICS DIVISION

Manufacturer adverse-event records for ABBOTT DIAGNOSTICS DIVISION come from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) MAUDE database via openFDA, refreshed March 2026 - see our methodology. Not medical advice.

FDA MAUDE device safety record · 2000–2020 · thin-book · typical Death-code · injury-light

Volume signature

ABBOTT DIAGNOSTICS DIVISION is a thinner MAUDE footprint

ABBOTT DIAGNOSTICS DIVISION accounts for 4,192 FDA MAUDE reports (#409 of 434, thin-book tercile). Death-coded event_type share is 0.10% (typical); Injury share 1.0% (injury-light).

What the volume reading shows for ABBOTT DIAGNOSTICS DIVISION

The standout signal for ABBOTT DIAGNOSTICS DIVISION is filing volume: 4,192 adverse-event reports in FDA MAUDE (#409 of 434, thin-book). Death-coded event_type share sits at 0.10% (typical).

As a thinner-book manufacturer, a handful of device families can swing the totals; open the device table rather than reading the company headline alone. Event_type counts are not the same population as Patient Outcomes.

Reports span 5 device types, led in this extract by Malfunction at 4,146 (98.9% of event_type total). Peak single-year volume reaches 2,291 reports across 16 years. These are raw FDA submissions, not adjudicated findings. Snapshot . Verify current communications on the FDA MDR page.

4,192
Total Reports
4
Event-type Death
41
Injury Reports
5
Device Types

Event Types

Malfunction 4,146 (98.9%)
Injury 41 (1.0%)
Death 4 (0.1%)
Other 1 (0.0%)

Patient Outcomes

FDA patient-outcome codes (separate from event_type). Percentages use this chart's row total.

4,094 (97.7%)
Other 56 (1.3%)
Required Intervention 33 (0.8%)
Death 4 (0.1%)
Disability 4 (0.1%)
Hospitalization 1 (0.0%)

Yearly Trend

00
2000: 1
06
2006: 11
07
2007: 1
08
2008: 54
09
2009: 125
10
2010: 484
11
2011: 496
12
2012: 85
13
2013: 90
14
2014: 81
15
2015: 93
16
2016: 2,291
17
2017: 170
18
2018: 59
19
2019: 118
20
2020: 33