Events

Recall of ADVIA 1200 CHEMISTRY SYSTEM - HEMOGLOBIN A1C_3 REAGENTS

According to Health Canada (via FOI), this recall involved a device in Canada that was produced by SIEMENS HEALTHCARE LIMITED.

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
    32189
  • Event Risk Class
    II
  • Event Initiated Date
    2015-09-25
  • Event Country
    Canada
  • Event Source
    HC
  • Notes / Alerts
    Canadian data is current through March 2018. All of the data comes from Health Canada, 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 Canada.
  • Extra notes in the data
  • Reason
    Siemens healthcare diagnostics has confirmed the hemoglobin a1c_3/ a1c_3m reagent affected kit lots used on the advia? 1200 1650 1800 2400 and xpt chemistry systems may demonstrate an increased occurrence of high %hba1c bias. siemens internal investigation demonstrates reagent lots 230 and 231 may exhibit a positive bias averaging 0.6% hba1c units ranging from -0.1% to 1.1% hba1c units. the bias was observed when comparing %hba1c means to ngsp pooled patient target-value assigned samples ranging from approximately 5.5% to 8.0% hba1c. the maximum bias was observed at higher %hba1c concentrations. qc samples may exhibit a similar bias.

Device

ADVIA 1200 CHEMISTRY SYSTEM - HEMOGLOBIN A1C_3 REAGENTS
  • Model / Serial
    Model Catalog: 10485591 (Lot serial: LOT 230)
  • Product Description
    ADVIA 1200 CHEMISTRY SYSTEM-HEMOGLOBIN A1C_3 REAGENTS
  • Manufacturer
    SIEMENS HEALTHCARE LIMITED

Manufacturer

SIEMENS HEALTHCARE LIMITED
  • Manufacturer Address
    OAKVILLE
  • Manufacturer Parent Company (2017)
    Siemens Ag
  • Source
    HC