ADVIA Centaur Folate Ascorbic Acid/Ascorbic Acid Diluent; SMN 10316877. Used to prepare the Red Blood Cell hemolysate fo

FDA device recall Z-2739-2015 · posted 2015-09-04 · Terminated

Recall details

Recalling firm

Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Inc

Reason for recall

Low red blood cell control recoveries and low results for red blood cell patient samples when using the ADVIA Centaur Systems Folate assay.

Action taken

An Urgent Medical Device Recall (UMDR) was sent to all affected Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics customers in the United States on July 27, 2015 to be delivered to customers on July 28, 2015. An Urgent Field Safety Notice (UFSN) was sent out for distribution to all customers outside the United States on July 27, 2015. These notices inform the customer to discontinue use of ADVIA Centaur Folate Ascorbic Acid/Ascorbic Acid Diluent kit lots 54942, 56230 and 70673 and dispose of the remaining inventory per local regulations. The ADVIA Centaur Systems Folate red blood cell sample and control negative bias is minimal in the lower range of the assay and is more pronounced with increasing folate concentrations. The negative bias could lead to a misclassification of a patient as folate deficient. Siemens does not recommend a look back of previously tested patients. Fax-back forms will be used to confirm that the customers received the Urgent Medical Device Recall. For those customers that do not return a fax-back form, a Siemens representative will follow up with those customers to ensure they received the Urgent Medical Device Recall and completed the required actions.

Root cause

Process design

Status

Terminated

Product code

CGN

Quantity affected

466

Distribution

Worldwide Distribution-US (nationwide) including the states of CA CT DE FL GA IA IL IN KS KY MA MD MI MO NJ NM NV NY OH PA RI SC TN TX VA WA WI and OUS: Belgium Estonia Finland France Germany Great Br

Date initiated

2015-07-27

Date posted

2015-09-04

Date terminated

2016-02-26

Location

East Walpole, MA

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