FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
Siemens Medical Solutions Diagnostics: In vitro Diagnostic-Clinitest hCG Cassette Pregnancy Test, Radio immunoassay for Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (hCG) test system Product Number: 1760 The Clinitest hCG Pregnancy Test is for in vitro diagnostic use as a qualitative method in the rapid detection of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) in urine specimens.
- Recall number
- Z-1715-2008
- Recalling firm
- Siemens Medical Solutions Diagnostics
- Product
- In vitro Diagnostic-Clinitest hCG Cassette Pregnancy Test, Radio immunoassay for Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (hCG) test system Product Number: 1760 The Clinitest hCG Pregnancy Test is for in vitro diagnostic use as a qualitative method in the rapid detection of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) in urine specimens.
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2008-04-04
- Posted
- 2008-09-01
- Terminated
- 2012-03-15
- Reason
- False negative hCG results due to decreased sensitivity
- Root cause
- Component design/selection
- Action
- Siemens notified Distributors ( Distributor Bulletin Urgent Field Safety Notice) and end-users (Customer Bulletin Urgent Field Safety Notice) Clinitest hCG Cassette Recall by letter dated 4/3/08. Users are requested to, discontinue use, discard the product, and immediately contact Siemens technical support representative or distributor for replacement cassettes from a different lot. If you have any question or have not received the recall notification, contact your local Siemens Distributor Relations Representative or Siemens Technical Support at 877-229-3711 option 13 then 5.
- Quantity
- 8180
- Distribution
- Nationwide
- Lot, serial or model codes
- Lot 97552 Exp 05/16/08; Lot 97574 Exp 05/17/08
- 510(k) numbers
- ["K032563"]
- 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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- 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
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- Refresh due
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