Events

Recall of DIMENSION CLINICAL CHEMISTRY SYSTEM - REVISED LIPASE

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
    132621
  • Event Risk Class
    III
  • Event Initiated Date
    2010-03-10
  • 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 received customer complaints regarding dimension lip flex reagent df55a. ten lots of lip are exhibiting open well instability. the qc is in range on calibration but shifts high out of range 2 hours after the flex well is hydrated. shifts of up to 20% occur on both qc and patients.

Device

DIMENSION CLINICAL CHEMISTRY SYSTEM - REVISED LIPASE
  • Model / Serial
    Model Catalog: DF55A (Lot serial: GB0286); Model Catalog: DF55A (Lot serial: FC0306); Model Catalog: DF55A (Lot serial: FB0278); Model Catalog: DF55A (Lot serial: FA0355); Model Catalog: DF55A (Lot serial: EA0334)
  • Product Description
    DIMENSION CLINICAL CHEMISTRY SYSTEM
  • Manufacturer
    SIEMENS HEALTHCARE LIMITED

Manufacturer

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