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Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Inc.: Dimension Tacrolimus Flex Reagent Cartridge, manufactured by Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc., Newark, Delaware.
- Recall number
- Z-2407-2010
- Recalling firm
- Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Inc.
- Product
- Dimension Tacrolimus Flex Reagent Cartridge, manufactured by Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc., Newark, Delaware.
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2010-06-15
- Posted
- 2010-09-13
- Terminated
- 2010-12-16
- Reason
- Low patient sample recovery results in all affected lots, with possibility of inappropriate increase in tacrolimus dosage based on false low result.
- Root cause
- Other
- Action
- Siemens issued an "Urgent Field Safety Notice" dated June, 2010 to all affected customers. Customers were requested to immediately discontinue use and discard any remaining inventory of the TACR Flex reagent lots DC0306, CA0320, DA0334 and GA0348. The letter contains the following instructions: 1) Immediately discontinue use of the affected lots; 2) Discard all remaining inventory of the affected lots; 3) Contact Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Technical Solutions Center for replacement product; 4) Complete and return the Field Correction Effectiveness Check by fax to 302 631-8467; 4) Siemens is recommending that the content of the letter should be discussed with the laboratory director. If unexpectedly low results are obtained on a patient sample, caution should be exercised before decisions regarding therapeutic dosage adjustments are made. As stated in the package insert, "Confirmation of unexpected or atypical results by an alternative methodology is recommended prior to any adjustments in tacrolimus dosage. Also individual tacrolimus values cannot be used as the sole indicator for making changes in the treatment regimen. Each patient should be thoroughly evaluated clinically before treatment adjustments are made." Siemens Technical Solutions Center may be contacted at 800-441-9250
- Quantity
- 4580 Cartons
- Distribution
- Worldwide Distribution to USA states of AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, GA, IA, IL, KS, LA, MI, MO, MS, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OR, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA and WI, and countries of Austria, Belgium, Canary Islands, Egypt, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Italy, The Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, United Arab Emirates, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Columbia, El Salvador, Venezuela, Australia, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan and China.
- Lot, serial or model codes
- Lot Numbers: DC0306 (exp 11/2/10), CA0320 (exp 11/16/10), DA0334 (exp 11/30/10), GA0348 (exp 12/14/10)
- 510(k) numbers
- ["K060502"]
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- MLM
- 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
- sha256
- b87518bfe2e8
- Size
- 288210821 bytes
- Published
- 2026-09-28
- Read
- 2026-09-29T08:25:23.626Z
- Source file
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- Refresh due
- 2026-10-06
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