Recall Z-0717-2023 · DHB System, Test, Radioallergosorbent (Rast) Immunological
Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Inc.
IMMULITE 2000 Systems 3gAllergy Specific IgE Universal Kit Tests OUS, except Japan Siemens Material Number (SMN): 10380875 For the quantitative measurement of allergen-specific IgE in human serum, as an aid in the clinical diagnosis of IgE mediated allergic disorders.
| Date | Dec 15, 2022 (initiated Nov 4, 2022) |
| Status | Open, Classified |
| Reason | Potential for falsely elevated specific IgE mold allergen reactivity with quality control material and patient samples, may result in false reactive result |
| Root cause | Under Investigation by firm |
| Action | Siemens initiated issued on 11/04/2022 an Urgent Medical Device Correction (UMDC) IMC 23-01.A.US to US customers, an Urgent Field Safety Notice (UFSN) IMC 23-01.A-1.OUS to Outside the US (OUS, except Japan) customers, and an Urgent Field Safety Notice (UFSN) IMC 23-01.A-2.OUS (Japan) to customers in Japan . Letter states reason for recall, health risk and action to take: Please review this letter with your Medical Director. Discontinue use of the kit lots listed in Table 1. Review your inventory of this product to determine your laboratory s replacement needs and to provide information to Sie |
| Quantity | 5,193 kits |
| Distribution | Worldwide distribution. US Nationwide, Argentina¿¿¿¿¿¿ Australia¿¿¿¿¿¿ Austria¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Azerbaijan¿¿¿¿¿ Belgium¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Brazil¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Chile¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Colombia¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Costa¿Rica¿¿¿¿¿ Croatia¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Czech¿Republic¿ Denmark¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Ecuador¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Egypt¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Estonia¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ France¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Germ |
| FDA record | Open on fda.gov |
510(k) clearances named in this recall
| K101572 | IMMULITE 2000 3GALLERGY SPECIFIC IGE ASSAY KIT Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Aug 1, 2011 |