Recall of DIMENSION VISTA SYSTEM - V-LYTE INTEGRATED MULTISENSOR - NA K CL

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
    20967
  • Event Risk Class
    III
  • Event Initiated Date
    2017-04-24
  • 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 healthcare diagnostics has confirmed a high rate of dilution check relative bias failures of greater than 2% when using v-lyte dilution check solution lots kc6d01 kc6f01 or kc6j01. newer lots of dilution check starting with kc7a01 are not affected by this issue.

Device

  • Model / Serial
    Model Catalog: K840 (Lot serial: KC6F01); Model Catalog: K840 (Lot serial: KC6J01); Model Catalog: K840 (Lot serial: KC6D01)
  • Product Description
    V-LYTE Dilution Check
  • Manufacturer

Manufacturer

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