ClearanceBrief
Recall Z-0838-2015 ยท JJE Analyzer, Chemistry (Photometric, Discrete), For Clinical Use

Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Inc.

Dimension Vista 500 Intelligent Lab System or Dimension Vista 1500 Intelligent Lab System: An in vitro diagnostic device intended to duplicate manual analytical procedures such as pipetting, mixing, heating, and measuring spectral intensities to determine a variety of analytes in human body fluids.

DateDec 20, 2014 (initiated Nov 5, 2014)
StatusTerminated
ReasonCustomer complaints of discrepant flagged and/or un-flagged patient and QC results. Reagent probe performance may decline more quickly than anticipated and have an effect on assays with similar formulations when processed sequentially on the same reagent server.
Root causeDevice Design
ActionAn Urgent Medical Device Correction, dated November 2014, was issued on November 4th, 2014 to inform customers that Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics has confirmed that reagent probe performance on Dimension Vista systems may decline more quickly than anticipated and have an effect on assays with similar formulations when processed sequentially on the same reagent server. Instructions for replacing an associated reagent probe were provided to resolve the issue. Customers are to retain the letter for their laboratory records and forward it to anyone who has received the affected product. Custome
Quantity1,949
DistributionWorldwide Distribution -- Austria, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Republic Korea, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and United State
FDA recordOpen on fda.gov

510(k) clearances named in this recall

K051087DIMENSION VISTA INTEGRATED SYSTEM
Dade Behring, Inc., Jul 11, 2005