Recall Z-0510-2013 ยท LFM Enzyme Immunoassay, Digitoxin
Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Inc
Siemens Healthcare ADVIA Centaur Digitoxin (DGTN) 250 Test 09046419 50 Test 08861968 Intended Use For in vitro diagnostic use in the quantitative determination of digitoxin in serum or plasma using the ADVIA Centaur and ADVIA Centaur XP systems.
| Date | Dec 11, 2012 (initiated Nov 14, 2012) |
| Status | Terminated |
| Reason | Operating range of the ADVIA Centaur systems is 18C to 30C (64.4F to 86.0F), a change in room temperature may increase or decrease assay results, depending on the specific assay and ADVIA Centaur system used. |
| Root cause | Device Design |
| Action | Siemens Healthcare issued An Urgent Medical Device Correction Notice (for US customers) and an Urgent Field Safety Notice (for customers outside the US) dated November 5, 2012, to all affected customers. These notices inform customers who used the ADVIA Centaur BNP, BR, CA 19-9, Digitoxin, Folate, and Theophylline 2 assays to reduce their instrument operating temperature range to 20 -25 degrees C and for the DHEAS assay to reduce the instrument operating temperature range to 18 -26 degrees C when these assays are being used. These notices also direct customers to review the contents of the co |
| Quantity | 50 test=792 and 250 test=525 |
| Distribution | Worldwide Distribution - USA (nationwide) and Internationally to the following countries: Argentina Australia Austria Azerbaijan Belgium Bosnia Herzeg. Brazil Canada Chile COLOMBIA Croatia Czech Republic Denmark Egypt Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia I |
| FDA record | Open on fda.gov |
510(k) clearances named in this recall
| K970546 | ACS DIGITOXIN Chiron Diagnostics Corp., Jul 14, 1997 |