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Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Inc.: Dimension(R) EXL LOCI Cardiac Troponin I Calibrator (RC621) The LOCI Cardiac TNI Calibrator is an in vitro diagnostic product for the calibration on Cardiac Troponin I method on the Dimension(R) EXL (TM) Integrated chemistry system with LOCI(R) module.
- Recall number
- Z-0038-2012
- Recalling firm
- Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Inc.
- Product
- Dimension(R) EXL LOCI Cardiac Troponin I Calibrator (RC621) The LOCI Cardiac TNI Calibrator is an in vitro diagnostic product for the calibration on Cardiac Troponin I method on the Dimension(R) EXL (TM) Integrated chemistry system with LOCI(R) module.
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2011-08-31
- Posted
- 2011-10-12
- Terminated
- 2013-05-20
- Reason
- Internal testing has confirmed that recovery of levels 2 and 3 of LOCl Cardiac Troponin I Calibrator is lower than expected bottle value. Following calibration with LOCl Cardiac Troponin I Calibrator, lot 1AD045 an upward shift in patient and QC results may be observed.
- Root cause
- Other
- Action
- Siemens sent an Urgent Field Safety Notice dated August 2011, to all affected customers. The letter identified the product, the problem, and the action to be taken by the customer. Customers were instructed to immediately discontinue use and discard any remaining inventory. Replacement orders would be processed and sent free of charge. Customers were also instructed to complete the attached FIELD CORRECTION EFFECTIVENESS CHECK form and fax it to (302) 631- 8457. Customers were instructed to forward the Safety Notice to anyone to whom they may have distributed the affected product. For any technical questions customers were to contact the Siemens Solutions Center at 800-441-9250.
- Quantity
- 998
- Distribution
- Worldwide Distribution - USA (nationwide) including AL, AK, AZ, AR, CA, CO, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MS, MO, MT, NE, NV, NH, NM, NY, NC, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VT, VA, WA, WV, WI, and WY and the countries of GUAM, Austria, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Spain and Switzerland.
- Lot, serial or model codes
- Lot Number 1AD045
- 510(k) numbers
- ["K081683"]
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- JJE
- Firm FEI
- 2517506
- Firm city
- Newark
- Firm state
- DE
- Firm country
- not on file
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- Register
- FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
- Publisher
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration (openFDA)
- File
- device-recall-0001-of-0001.json.zip
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- Size
- 288210821 bytes
- Published
- 2026-09-28
- Read
- 2026-09-29T08:25:23.626Z
- Source file
- Source file retained · verify
- Refresh due
- 2026-10-06
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