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

Recall number
Z-1231-2015
Recalling firm
Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Inc
Product
ADVIA Centaur Systems Progesterone Kit, (5-pack Ref); In Vitro Diagnostic Catalog number: 02177364; SMN: 10333111.
Status
Terminated
Initiated
2015-01-27
Posted
2015-03-02
Terminated
2016-03-31
Reason
ADVIA Centaur Systems Progesterone Kit Lots Ending in 268 have a high bias on results greater than 30 ng/mL (95.4 nmol/L)
Root cause
Process control
Action
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.
Quantity
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 Britain, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Libya, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, South America, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, and Vatican.
Lot, serial or model codes
Lot Numbers: 42590268 43742268  44847268  Exp. Date: May 22, 2015
510(k) numbers
["K932955"]
PMA numbers
not on file
Product code
JLS
Firm FEI
1219913
Firm city
East Walpole
Firm state
MA
Firm country
not on file

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2026-09-28
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