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FDA device recall Z-1930-2009 · posted 2009-09-08 · Terminated

Recall details

Recalling firm
Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Inc.
Reason for recall
falsely elevated results in EDTA plasma samples
Action taken
Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics issued an Urgent Field Safety Notice on April 15, 2008 informing their customers that the EDTA plasma specimen claim had been rescinded. Current lots in the firm's inventory have been put on hold and reworked with an Alert Card rescinding the EDTA plasma claim. Subsequent lots use a revised instruction for use stating "Do not use EDTA plasma" in the Specimen Collection and Handling Section. For further questions, contact Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics at 1-302-631-6564.
Root cause
Labeling False and Misleading
Status
Terminated
Product code
DCN
Quantity affected
25,760 cartons
Distribution
Worldwide Distribution -- US, Austria, Bosnia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Serbia, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden, Belgium, Cyprus, Canary Islands, France, Great Britain, G
Date initiated
2008-04-15
Date posted
2009-09-08
Date terminated
2009-09-09
Location
Newark, DE

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