Events

Safety Alert for ADVIA CENTAUR T3-ADVIA CENTAUR T4-CALIBRATOR A2

According to National Institute of Drugs and Food Surveillance (INVIMA), this safety alert involved a device in Colombia that was produced by SIEMENS HEALTHCARE DIAGNOSTICS INC || Importer: SIEMENS HEALTHCARE COLOMBIA.

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Alerts provide important information and recommendations about products. Even though an alert has been issued, it does not necessarily mean a product is considered to be unsafe. Safety Alerts, addressed to health workers and users, may include recalls. They can be written by manufacturers, but also by health officials.

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  • Type of Event
    Safety alert
  • Event ID
    IRD-021115
  • Event Number
    INVIMA 2007RD-0000554 ; INVIMA 2007RD-0000562
  • Date
    2015-11-12
  • Event Country
    Colombia
  • Event Source
    INVIMA
  • Event Source URL
    https://app.invima.gov.co/alertas/dispositivos-medicos-invima?page=166
  • Notes / Alerts
    Colombian data is current through June 2019. All of the data comes from the National Institute of Drugs and Food Surveillance (INVIMA), 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 Colombia.
  • Extra notes in the data
  • Reason
    Siemens healthcare diagnostics is carrying out field unanotification with respect to the advia centaur®t4 assay for the 1: 4 and 1: 8 manual dilution recovery used in the advia centaur, advia centaur xp, adviacentaur xpt and advia centaur cp systems. it was identified that the percentage of recoveries for 1: 4 (with calibrator a before the lots ending in 87) and 1: 8 (all lots) the sample dilutions of the patient are lower than those reported in the instructions for use (ifu).

Device

ADVIA CENTAUR T3-ADVIA CENTAUR T4-CALIBRATOR A2

Manufacturer

SIEMENS HEALTHCARE DIAGNOSTICS INC || Importer: SIEMENS HEALTHCARE COLOMBIA
  • Manufacturer Parent Company (2017)
    Siemens Ag
  • Source
    NIDFSINVIMA