BEUDAMED
    FDA Enforcement Class II Terminated

    ADVIA Centaur XP Immunoassay System (including refurbished units), This system is intended for professional use in a laboratory environment only. Tests performed using this system are intended for in vitro diagnostic use. As with all diagnostic tests, a definitive clinical diagnosis should not be based on the results of a single test, but should only be made by the physician after all clinical and laboratory findings have been evaluated.

    Recall: Z-2716-2014 · Reported October 8, 2014

    Enforcement

    Recall Number
    Z-2716-2014
    Event ID
    69084
    Classification
    Class II
    Status
    Terminated
    Product Type
    Devices
    Firm
    Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics
    Voluntary / Mandated
    Voluntary: Firm initiated
    Initial Notification
    Letter
    Report Date
    October 8, 2014
    Initiation Date
    August 19, 2014
    Classification Date
    September 29, 2014
    Termination Date
    May 22, 2018
    Address
    511 Benedict Ave, N/A, Tarrytown, NY, 10591-5005, United States

    Description

    ADVIA Centaur XP Immunoassay System (including refurbished units), This system is intended for professional use in a laboratory environment only. Tests performed using this system are intended for in vitro diagnostic use. As with all diagnostic tests, a definitive clinical diagnosis should not be based on the results of a single test, but should only be made by the physician after all clinical and laboratory findings have been evaluated.

    Reason

    The firm has identified an issue with patient demographic information sent to the LIS from the ADVIA Centaur/ADVIA Centaur XP Immunoassay systems. Siemens has confirmed that under extremely rare circumstances patient demographic data from the previous order received from the LIS is merged with the next order. This issue can occur when the LIS data buffer on the ADVIA Centaur system becomes full

    Code Info

    All serial numbers. Model Numbers/Siemens Material Numbers (SMN) 10285219, 10316507, 10317207, 10317284, 10319668, 10320757, 10323213, 10324519, 10327135, 10327836, 10328940, 10329339, 10336292, 10338631, 10364455, 10388696, 10471899

    Distribution

    Worldwide Distribution including the United States., and the countries of Argentina, Austria, Australia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Belgrade, Brazil, Botswana, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Georgia, Great Britain, Hungary, Indonesia, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Korea, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Libya, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malaysia, Malta, Martinique, Mexico, Myanmar, New Caledonia, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Pakistan, French Polynesia, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovenia, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Vatican, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen and Zimbabwe.

    Quantity

    Domestic: 2771 units; Foreign: 7744 units