ADVIA Centaur Systems Progesterone Kit, (5-pack Ref); In Vitro Diagnostic Catalog number: 02177364; SMN: 10333111.

FDA device recall Z-1231-2015 · posted 2015-03-02 · Terminated

Recall details

Recalling firm

Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Inc

Reason for recall

ADVIA Centaur Systems Progesterone Kit Lots Ending in 268 have a high bias on results greater than 30 ng/mL (95.4 nmol/L)

Action taken

Siemens issued an Urgent Medical Device Correction (UMDC) was sent to affected Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics customers in the United States on January 27, 2015 to be delivered to customers on January 28, 2015. An Urgent Field Safety Notice (U FSN) was sent out for distribution to all customers outside the United States on January 27, 2015. These notices inform the customer of the potential to observe a high bias on patient sample with results greater than 30 ng/ml when using ADVIA Centaur Systems Progesterone kit lots ending in 268. To mitigate the bias, Siemens instructs customers to dilute samples with values greater than 30 ng/ml when using ADVIA Centaur Systems Progesterone kit lots ending in 268. In addition, Siemens informs customers to continue to follow Urgent Medical Device Correction 10819675, Rev. A and Urgent Field Safety notice 10819674, Rev A (Information Regarding the ADVIA Centaur Systems Calibrator E), dated September 2014. Fax-back forms to be returned to confirm that the customers received the Urgent Medical Device Correction.

Root cause

Process control

Status

Terminated

Product code

JLS

Quantity affected

1719 kits

Distribution

Worldwide Distribution-US (nationwide), Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Bulgaria, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech, Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, France, Georgia, Germany, Great

Date initiated

2015-01-27

Date posted

2015-03-02

Date terminated

2016-03-31

Location

East Walpole, MA

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