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Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Inc: SiemensADVIA Centaur aTG (500 test kit) Siemens Material Number (SMN): 10492399
- Recall number
- Z-1234-2019
- Recalling firm
- Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Inc
- Product
- SiemensADVIA Centaur aTG (500 test kit) Siemens Material Number (SMN): 10492399
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2018-12-07
- Posted
- not on file
- Terminated
- 2020-04-27
- Reason
- Positive bias anti-thyroglobulin with ADVIA Centaur aTG kit lots ending in 316 and lower and Atellica IM aTG kit lots ending in 317 and lower when compared to the standardization to World Health Organization (WHO) Reference Preparation MRC 65/93 stated in the Instructions for Use (IFU).
- Root cause
- Nonconforming Material/Component
- Action
- Siemens issued Urgent Medical Device Corrections, to Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics customers in the United States on December 7, 2018 delivered to customers on December 10, 2018. Urgent Field Safety Notices sent out to the country organizations on December 7, 2018 for distribution to customers outside the United States. These letters inform customers that Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics identified a bias with the affected lots of ADVIA Centaur aTG and Atellica IM aTG and action to take and resolution of the issue with new lots of the reagents. Questions contact your Siemens Customer Care Center or your local Siemens technical support representative.
- Quantity
- 10414 kits
- Distribution
- Nationwide Foreign: Belgium¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Croatia¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Czech¿Republic¿ Denmark¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ France¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Germany¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Greece¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Ireland¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Italy¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Poland¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Portugal¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Slovakia¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Spain¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Switzerland¿¿¿¿ Turkey¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ BOGOTA QUARRY BAY, HONG KONG YANGON SANTIAGO DE CHILE MONTEVIDEO BUENOS AIRES LIMA JOINVILLE, SC, BRAZIL Selangor Darul Ehsan Dhaka Ha Noi City Gurgaon, Haryana Hanoi-Hoangmai ASUNCION SHANGHAI Seoul 120 SINGAPORE RIYADH 11411 TAIPEI R.O.C. QUITO HUNTINGWOOD, NEW SOUTH WALES ZAPOPAN Ho Chi Minh-District 3 Huaykwang, Bangkok RIYADH SAN JOSE CHIBA LAVAL HO CHI MINH CITY MANAGUA Gurgaon, Haryana
- Lot, serial or model codes
- Lot Number/Exp. Date: (Kit Lots ending in 316 or lower) 68750302 12/13/2018 68751302 12/13/2018 83578304 1/12/2019 91382304 1/12/2019 4642306 2/11/2019 8116306 2/11/2019 19098308 3/14/2019 22635308 3/14/2019 33640310 4/27/2019 39133310 4/27/2019 55625312 5/27/2019 55626312 5/27/2019 56285312 5/27/2019 69206316 6/29/2019 73001316 6/29/2019
- 510(k) numbers
- ["K012777"]
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- JZO
- Firm FEI
- 1219913
- Firm city
- East Walpole
- Firm state
- MA
- 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
- sha256
- b87518bfe2e8
- 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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