Safety Alert for Trade name: Advia Chemistry Calibrator Technical name: CALIBRATORS AND MULTI-PARAMETER STANDARDS OF ONE OR MORE CONCENTRATIONS - CLASS II ANVISA Registration Number: 10345160486 Hazard Class: II Model Affected: Serial numbers affected: 680726; 680726A; 680726B; 680726C; 680726D

According to Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária (ANVISA), this safety alert involved a device in Brazil that was produced by Siemens Healthcare Diagnósticos S.A; Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc..

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  • Type of Event
    Safety alert
  • Event ID
    2089
  • Date
    2016-10-28
  • Event Country
  • Event Source
    ANVISA
  • Event Source URL
  • Notes / Alerts
    Brazilian data is current through June 2018. All of the data comes from Anvisa, 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 data from the U.S. and Brazil.
  • Extra notes in the data
    Customers should use the new redefined values ​​for DBIL_2 ACVs from Chemistry Calibrator for batches 680726, 680726A, 680726B, 680726C, and 680726D provided on the notification letter. . To correct this bias, the value assigned to the DBIL_2 caliper must be reset to the specified batches. From lot 807936 of the Chemistry Calibrator, Siemens restored alignment with the reference method. Therefore, the reset of DBIL_2 is not required for this batch of Chemistry Calibrator. Patient results and Quality Controls will change proportionally to conform to the reference methodology, beginning with the redefinition of the calibrator value of lots 680726, 680726A, 680726B, 680726C and 680726D. The values ​​and ranges of the controls should be revised and adjusted accordingly.
  • Reason
    Siemens healthcare diagnostics is conducting a field action for the advia® chemistry system calibrator of the specified batches. siemens has confirmed that the currently assigned values ​​for the dbil_2 calibrator for the batches referred to above can cause a positive bias of approximately 41% in patient samples compared to the reference method for direct bilirubin measurement. due to proportional bias, the difference rises as the concentration of dbil_2 increases. qc material is also affected by the problem. quality control may not detect this problem depending on its concentrations and the ranges used by the laboratory. all other analytes present in chemistry calibrator remain suitable for the product standard.
  • Action
    Field Action Code CHC 16-09 triggered under the responsibility of the company Siemens Healthcare Diagnósticos SA Company will send Letter to the Client

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