Events

Recall of BEHRING COAGULATION SYSTEM (BCS) - INSTRUMENT

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
    37977
  • Event Risk Class
    III
  • Event Initiated Date
    2015-05-11
  • 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 has confirmed that for multifibren u (catalog numbers owzg19 owzg23) fibrinogen calibrator kit (catalog number oqvk11) and control plasma n (catalog numbers orke41 orke45) users may receive a number of error messages when measuring a calibration curve on the behring coagulation system (bcs) and bcs xp instruments.

Device

BEHRING COAGULATION SYSTEM (BCS) - INSTRUMENT
  • Model / Serial
    Model Catalog: OVIO03 (Lot serial: >10 NUMBERS CONTACT MFR); Model Catalog: OVOB03 (Lot serial: >10 NUMBERS CONTACT MFR)
  • Product Description
    BEHRING COAGULATION SYSTEM (BCS) INSTR.
  • Manufacturer
    SIEMENS HEALTHCARE LIMITED

Manufacturer

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