Retiro De Equipo (Recall) de Device Recall IMMULITE /IMMULITE 1000 Systems T3F (Free T3)

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.

¿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.

Más información acerca de la data acá
  • Tipo de evento
    Recall
  • ID del evento
    66055
  • Clase de Riesgo del Evento
    Class 2
  • Número del evento
    Z-0867-2014
  • Fecha de inicio del evento
    2013-08-27
  • Fecha de publicación del evento
    2014-01-30
  • Estado del evento
    Terminated
  • País del evento
  • Fecha de finalización del evento
    2017-02-28
  • Fuente del evento
    USFDA
  • URL de la fuente del evento
  • 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
    Radioimmunoassay, total triiodothyronine - Product Code CDP
  • Causa
    Siemens healthcare diagnostics confirmed customer complaints regarding an increase in the number of euthyroid patients (those with normal function of the thyroid) demonstrating values above the recommended normal range as published in the instructions for use for the immulite/immulite 1000 and/or immulite 2000/immulite 2000 xpi for several lots of free t3 kits. a positive bias in quality control results was also observed, but the values may remain within the established ranges.
  • Acción
    Urgent Medical Device Recall Letters (dated 8/27/13) and Field Recall Effectiveness Check Forms were sent to the affected customers (starting on 8/27/13) informing them to discontinue use of and discard the IMMULITE Free T3 reagent kit lots. Customers were instructed to contact their local Siemens representative for assistance. Customers are requested to complete and return the Effectiveness Check Form included with the recall letter within thirty (30) days.

Device

  • Modelo / Serial
    Lot Numbers 353, 354
  • Clasificación del producto
  • Clase de dispositivo
    2
  • ¿Implante?
    No
  • Distribución
    Worldwide Distribution-USA (nationwide) and the countries of Albania, Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Belarus, Canary Islands, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Iran, Italy, Jordan, Republic of South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Libya, Lithuania, Macedonia, Mexico, Malaysia, Malta, Nepal, Netherlands, Norway, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Pakistan, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Spain, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Switzerland, Turkey, Thailand, Taiwan, Uruguay, Usbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, and United Arab Emirates.
  • Descripción del producto
    T3F, Free T3 Assay, REF/Catalog Number LKF31, Siemens Material Number (SMN) 10381626; an IVD Immunoassay kit for use with the IMMULITE/IMMULITE 1000 Analyzers --- Shipping or unit package: 100, 200, 500 and 600 test kits --- Origin: UK Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Products Ltd. Llanberis, Gwynedd, LL55 4EL UK. || For the quantitative measurement of Free T3 in serum, as an aid in the clinical assessment of thyroid status.
  • Manufacturer

Manufacturer

  • Dirección del fabricante
    Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, 511 Benedict Ave, Tarrytown NY 10591-5005
  • Source
    USFDA