FDA Recall Terminated

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

Recall: Z-1475-2008 · Initiated October 17, 2007

Recall

Recall Number
Z-1475-2008
Event Number
47352
Firm
Siemens Medical Solutions Diagnostics
FEI Number
3002637618
Product Code
JHI
Status
Terminated
Root Cause
Employee error
Initiated
October 17, 2007
Posted
September 1, 2008
Terminated
March 15, 2012
Address
2 Edgewater Dr, Norwood, MA, 02062-4637

Description

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

Reason

False positive hCG results

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.

Distribution

Nationwide Canada, France, Korea, Netherlands, UK

Quantity

3065 kits