Recall of DIMENSION VISTA SYSTEM - DIMENSION VISTA 1500 ANALYZER

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
    103847
  • Event Risk Class
    III
  • Event Initiated Date
    2014-11-06
  • Event Country
  • 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 received customer complaints of discrepant flagged and/or unflagged patient and qc results on dimension vista intelligent lab systems. reagent probe performance may decline more quickly than anticipated and have an effect on assays with similar formulations when processed sequentially on the same reagent server. replacing an associated reagent probe can resolve this type of issue.

Device

  • Model / Serial
    Model Catalog: 1000033793 (Lot serial: >10 NUMBERS CONTACT MFR); Model Catalog: 1000034648 (Lot serial: >10 NUMBERS CONTACT MFR)
  • Product Description
    DIMENSION VISTA 1500 LAB SYSTEM(CLASS3)
  • Manufacturer

Manufacturer

  • Manufacturer Address
    OAKVILLE
  • Manufacturer Parent Company (2017)
  • Source
    HC