Events

Recall of EasyLink Data Management System, all versions (used for connecting multiple IVD instruments to Laboratory Information System (LMS))

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-2013-RN-00893-1
  • Event Risk Class
    Class II
  • Event Initiated Date
    2013-08-21
  • Event Country
    Australia
  • Event Source
    DHTGA
  • Event Source URL
    https://apps.tga.gov.au/Prod/sara/arn-detail.aspx?k=RC-2013-RN-00893-1
  • 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
    Under certain conditions, the system may not perform as intended, causing the release of results to the laboratory information system (lis) that should have been held for manual review due to auto-verification rules or the delay/omission of result transmission to lis.
  • Action
    End users are requested to determine if they are affected and to implement work around to ensure the issue does not occur. If affected, look back at previous results should be carried out at the discretion of the laboratory director. Software update is available to permanently fix the issue.

Device

EasyLink Data Management System, all versions (used for connecting multiple IVD instruments to La...
  • Model / Serial
    EasyLink Data Management System, all versions (used for connecting multiple IVD instruments to Laboratory Information System (LMS))Siemens Material Number: 10444799, 10444800 & 10487219
  • Manufacturer
    Siemens Ltd Diagnostics Division

Manufacturer

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