FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Inc.: Dimension(R) IRON Calibrator (DC85), Siemens material number 10445010. The Dimension(R) IRON Calibrator is an in vitro diagnostic product intended to be used to calibrate the Iron method for the Dimension(R) clinical chemistry system.
- Recall number
- Z-0745-2013
- Recalling firm
- Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Inc.
- Product
- Dimension(R) IRON Calibrator (DC85), Siemens material number 10445010. The Dimension(R) IRON Calibrator is an in vitro diagnostic product intended to be used to calibrate the Iron method for the Dimension(R) clinical chemistry system.
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2012-12-20
- Posted
- 2013-01-29
- Terminated
- 2014-01-08
- Reason
- Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics has received complaints of IRON calibrations outside of acceptable calibration slope (m) values (0.97 - 1.03) when using IRON calibrator lots 2DN060 and 2FN063. Lots 2GN068 and 2JN074 may also be impacted but no complaints have been received.
- Root cause
- Nonconforming Material/Component
- Action
- Siemens sent a "CUSTOMER NOTIFICATION" letter dated December 2012 to all affected customers. The letter identified the product, problem, and actions to be taken by the customers. Contact Siemens Technical Solutions Center at 1-800-441-9250 or your local Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics representative for assistance with this issue.
- Quantity
- 5999
- Distribution
- Nationwide Distribution.
- Lot, serial or model codes
- Siemens material number 10445010 -- and lot numbers 2DN060, exp 2013-10-01; 2FN063, exp 2013-12-01; 2GN068, exp 2014-01-01; and 2JN073, exp 2014-03-01.
- 510(k) numbers
- ["K060266"]
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- JIS
- Firm FEI
- 2517506
- Firm city
- Newark
- Firm state
- DE
- Firm country
- not on file
Where this comes from
- 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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- b87518bfe2e8
- Size
- 288210821 bytes
- Published
- 2026-09-28
- Read
- 2026-09-29T08:25:23.626Z
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- Refresh due
- 2026-10-06
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