Recall Z-1564-2014 ยท CGN Acid, Folic, Radioimmunoassay
Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Inc
Siemens ADVIA Centaur Folate Cat No. 06891541 SMN 10325366 (500 tests) Cat No. 06367974 SMN 10310308 (100 tests) Cat No. 00203473 SMN 10331250 (Ref) (500 tests) Cat No. 09132781 SMN 10340209 (Ref) (2500 tests) For in vitro diagnostic use in the quantitative determination of folate in serum or red blood cells using the ADVIA Centaur and ADVIA Centaur XP systems
| Date | May 7, 2014 (initiated Mar 25, 2014) |
| Status | Terminated |
| Reason | Serum controls may go out of range low with the ADVIA Centaur Systems Folate assay and a shift in whole blood patient may result with kit lots ending in 219 and 223 |
| Root cause | Nonconforming Material/Component |
| Action | Siemens issued An Urgent Medical Device Recall (UMDR) to US customers on March 25, 2014. An Urgent Field Safety Notice (UFSN) was sent out for distribution to all customers outside the United States on March 24, 2014. These notices inform the customer of reported controls failures with Folate ReadyPack kit lots ending in 223. In addition the notices inform customers of a shift when moving from Folate ReadyPack kit lots ending in 219 and kit lots ending in 222, 224, 225, 226 and 227. Customers were instructed to discontinue use of ADVIA Centaur Systems Folate kit lots ending in 219 and 223. ADV |
| Quantity | 49123 units |
| Distribution | Worldwide Distribution-USA (nationwide) and the countries of Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland Finland France Fren.Polynesia Germany Great Britain Greece Guadeloupe Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Martinique Netherlands Norw |
| FDA record | Open on fda.gov |
510(k) clearances named in this recall
| K010050 | ADVIA CENTAUR AND ACS: 180 FOLATE IMMUNOASSAY Bayer Diagnostics Corp., Feb 5, 2001 |