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Siemens Medical Solutions Diagnostics: Clinitest hCG Cassette Pregnancy Test, Radio immunoassay for Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (hCG) test system Product Number: 1760

Recall number
Z-1475-2008
Recalling firm
Siemens Medical Solutions Diagnostics
Product
Clinitest hCG Cassette Pregnancy Test, Radio immunoassay for Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (hCG) test system Product Number: 1760
Status
Terminated
Initiated
2007-10-17
Posted
2008-09-01
Terminated
2012-03-15
Reason
False positive hCG results
Root cause
Employee error
Action
Siemens issued a Service Bulletin to Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Branches via email on 10/17/007, and a customer bulletin to outside the US . Users are requested to discontinue use and discard the product. A Completion Notification was requested to be completed and returned by the faculties.
Quantity
3065 kits
Distribution
Nationwide Canada, France, Korea, Netherlands, UK
Lot, serial or model codes
Lot Number: 97266  Exp. March 12, 2008
510(k) numbers
not on file
PMA numbers
not on file
Product code
JHI
Firm FEI
3002637618
Firm city
Norwood
Firm state
MA
Firm country
not on file

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Size
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Published
2026-09-28
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