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Recall of ADVIA Centaur and Centaur XP Instrument Systems (immuno-assay analysers). An in vitro diagnostic medical device (IVD)

According to Department of Health, Therapeutic Goods Administration, this recall involved a device in Australia that was produced by Siemens Ltd Diagnostics Division.

What is this?

A correction or removal action taken by a manufacturer to address a problem with a medical device. Recalls occur when a medical device is defective, when it could be a risk to health, or when it is both defective and a risk to health.

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  • Type of Event
    Recall
  • Event ID
    RC-2012-RN-01139-1
  • Event Risk Class
    Class II
  • Event Initiated Date
    2012-11-14
  • Event Country
    Australia
  • Event Source
    DHTGA
  • Event Source URL
    https://apps.tga.gov.au/Prod/sara/arn-detail.aspx?k=RC-2012-RN-01139-1
  • Notes / Alerts
    Australian data is current through July 2018. All of the data comes from the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration, except for the categories Manufacturer Parent Company and Product Classification.
    The Parent Company and the Product Classification were added by ICIJ.
    The parent company information is based on 2017 public records. The device classification information comes from FDA’s Product Classification by Review Panel, based on matches of recall data from the U.S. and Australia.
  • Extra notes in the data
  • Reason
    Siemens healthcare diagnostics has confirmed occurrences of the system either:- failing to detect that the wash 1 bottle and reservoir is empty, or- incorrectly indicating that the wash 1 bottle and reservoir is empty when it is actually full.If the system fails to detect an empty wash 1 bottle and reservoir, it can continue to process samples and product erroneous but believable results which are falsely high or low (depending if the assay architecture is direct or indirect). this issue potentially affects only those assays that use wash 1.
  • Action
    Siemens is providing work around instructions for users to follow.

Device

ADVIA Centaur and Centaur XP Instrument Systems (immuno-assay analysers). An in vitro diagnostic ...
  • Model / Serial
    ADVIA Centaur and Centaur XP Instrument Systems (immuno-assay analysers). An in vitro diagnostic medical device (IVD)Catalogue numbers: 078-A001-xx and 078-A011-03 (respectively)
  • Manufacturer
    Siemens Ltd Diagnostics Division

Manufacturer

Siemens Ltd Diagnostics Division
  • Manufacturer Parent Company (2017)
    Siemens AG
  • Source
    DHTGA