Events

Recall of SYSMEX BLOOD COAGULATION ANALYZER CA-660

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
    87601
  • Event Risk Class
    II
  • Event Initiated Date
    2017-06-20
  • 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
    Sysmex corporation has informed siemens healthcare diagnostics products gmbh about a phenomenon affecting ca series systems. under rare circumstances there is a potential the system might fail to alert the operator about an individual sample id no. assigned to multiple patient measurement results when using the built-in barcode scanner. under very rare circumstances this may lead to an incorrect diagnostic and patient treatment decision due to potential of a mismatched result for the patient.

Device

SYSMEX BLOOD COAGULATION ANALYZER CA-660
  • Model / Serial
    Model Catalog: CA-660 (Lot serial: ALL); Model Catalog: 10712040 (Lot serial: ALL); Model Catalog: CA-620 (Lot serial: ALL); Model Catalog: 10712039 (Lot serial: ALL)
  • Product Description
    SYSMEX BLOOD COAGULATION ANALYZER CA-660;SYSMEX BLOOD COAGULATION ANALYZER CA-620
  • Manufacturer
    SIEMENS HEALTHCARE LIMITED

Manufacturer

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