Dimension Vista Protein 1 Control H, PROT 1 CON H, Siemens Material Number (SMN) 10445921, Product Code KC717; IVD.
Recall
- Recall Number
- Z-0176-2018
- Event Number
- 77381
- Firm
- Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Inc.
- FEI Number
- 2517506
- Product Code
- CHN
- Status
- Terminated
- Root Cause
- Nonconforming Material/Component
- Initiated
- May 23, 2017
- Terminated
- March 30, 2018
- Address
- 500 Gbc Dr PO BOX 6101, Ms 514, Newark, DE, 19702-2466
Description
Dimension Vista Protein 1 Control H, PROT 1 CON H, Siemens Material Number (SMN) 10445921, Product Code KC717; IVD.
Complaint of high amount of ceruloplasmin patient results below the reference range (< 20 mg/dL [0.2 g/L]. PROT1 CAL and corresponding PROT1 CON L, M, and H are inaccurately assigned for ceruloplasmin (CER).
Siemens issued an Urgent Medical Device Correction (UMDC) letter (PP-17-012.A.US, dated May 23, 2017) to US customers on May 23, 2017 and an Urgent Field Safety Notice (UFSN) to customers Outside the US in May 2017. Customers were instructed in the letter to use re-assigned CER values for the lots indicated of PROT1 CAL and PROT1 CON L, M, and H. In the US, the method of distribution is FEDEX and outside the US, the distribution is determined at the country level. Customers were requested to complete Effectiveness Check questionnaire attached to the UMDC/UFSN and return to Siemens within 30 days.
Worldwide Distribution - US (nationwide) Internationally to Austria, Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland and Republic of Korea South