Retiro De Equipo (Recall) de Dimension Vista HCYS

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
    66363
  • Clase de Riesgo del Evento
    Class 2
  • Número del evento
    Z-0541-2014
  • Fecha de inicio del evento
    2013-09-18
  • Fecha de publicación del evento
    2013-12-19
  • Estado del evento
    Terminated
  • País del evento
  • Fecha de finalización del evento
    2014-10-01
  • 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
    Urinary homocystine (nonquantitative) test system - Product Code LPS
  • Causa
    Dimension vista hcys lot 13064ma shows erratic recovery of qc and patient samples.
  • Acción
    Siemens sent a Urgent Medical Device Recall letter dated September 2013, to all affected customers. The letter identified the product the problem and the action needed to be taken by the customers. Actions to be taken by Customer: Please discontinue use and discard any remaining inventory of Dimension Vista¿ HCYS Flex¿ reagent cartridge (Catalog# K7044) lot 13064MA. Please complete the attached form and fax it to (302) 631-8467 to facilitate your no charge replacement needs. Please retain this letter with your laboratory records, and forward this letter to those who may have received this product. We apologize for the inconvenience this situation has caused. If you have any questions, please contact your Siemens Customer Care Center- Technical Solutions or your local Siemens technical support representative. For further questions please call (800) 441-9250.

Device

  • Modelo / Serial
    lot 13064MA, expiration 2014-03-05
  • Clasificación del producto
  • Clase de dispositivo
    2
  • ¿Implante?
    No
  • Distribución
    Worldwide Distribution - US Distribution including the states of OH, MD, CO, NJ, IA, NC, VA, WI and DC., and the countries of Austria, Denmark, France, Italy, Netherlands and Norway.
  • Descripción del producto
    Siemens Dimension Vista Homocysteine Flex Reagent Cartridge || The HCYS method is an in vitro diagnostic test for the quantitative measurement of total homocysteine in human serum, heparinized plasma and ETDA plasma on the Dimension Vista System. Measurements of homocysteine aid in the diagnosis and treatment of patients suspected of having hyperhomocysteinemia and homocystinuria.
  • Manufacturer

Manufacturer

  • Dirección del fabricante
    Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Inc., 500 Gbc Dr Ms 514, PO BOX 6101, Newark DE 19702-2466
  • Empresa matriz del fabricante (2017)
  • Source
    USFDA