Events

Retiro De Equipo (Recall) de Device Recall Dimension Tacrolimus Flex Reagent Cartridge

Según U.S. Food and Drug Administration, este evento ( retiro de equipo (recall) ) involucró a un dispositivo médico en United States que fue producido por Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Inc..

¿Qué es esto?

Una corrección al equipo o acción de retiro tomada por el fabricante para abordar un problema con un dispositivo médico. Los retiros (recalls) ocurren cuando un dispositivo médico está defectuoso, cuando puede poner en riesgo la salud, o cuando simultáneamente está defectuoso y puede poner en riesgo la salud.

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  • Tipo de evento
    Recall
  • ID del evento
    56145
  • Clase de Riesgo del Evento
    Class 2
  • Número del evento
    Z-2407-2010
  • Fecha de inicio del evento
    2010-06-15
  • Fecha de publicación del evento
    2010-09-13
  • Estado del evento
    Terminated
  • País del evento
    United States
  • Fecha de finalización del evento
    2010-12-16
  • Fuente del evento
    USFDA
  • URL de la fuente del evento
    https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfres/res.cfm?id=92742
  • Notas / Alertas
    U.S. data is current through June 2018. All of the data comes from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, except for the category Manufacturer Parent Company.
    The Parent Company was added by ICIJ.
    The parent company information is based on 2017 public records.
  • Notas adicionales en la data
    Enzyme immunoassay, tracrolimus - Product Code MLM
  • Causa
    Low patient sample recovery results in all affected lots, with possibility of inappropriate increase in tacrolimus dosage based on false low result.
  • Acción
    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

Device

Device Recall Dimension Tacrolimus Flex Reagent Cartridge
  • Modelo / Serial
    Lot Numbers: DC0306 (exp 11/2/10), CA0320 (exp 11/16/10), DA0334 (exp 11/30/10), GA0348 (exp 12/14/10)
  • Clasificación del producto
    Clinical Chemistry and Clinical Toxicology Devices
  • Clase de dispositivo
    2
  • ¿Implante?
    No
  • Distribución
    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.
  • Descripción del producto
    Dimension Tacrolimus Flex Reagent Cartridge, manufactured by Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc., Newark, Delaware.
  • Manufacturer
    Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Inc.

Manufacturer

Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Inc.
  • Dirección del fabricante
    Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Inc., 500 GBC Drive, Mailstop 514, PO BOX 6101, Newark DE 19714-6101
  • Empresa matriz del fabricante (2017)
    Siemens Ag
  • Source
    USFDA