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Safety Alert for Centaur immunoassay unit

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 || Siemens Helathcare Diagnostics Manufacturing Limited || Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Mfg Ltd || Stratec Biomedical Switzerland Ag.

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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
    I1410-430
  • Event Number
    2008DM-0002712
  • Date
    2014-10-24
  • Event Country
    Colombia
  • Event Source
    INVIMA
  • Event Source URL
    https://app.invima.gov.co/alertas/dispositivos-medicos-invima?page=193
  • 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
    The manufacturer states that mechanical stress can cause the pipe to crack in the upper reservoirs, resulting in a smaller drip of liquid in the reservoir and in the drip tray, activating the level detection alarms and causing that the processing of the samples may not have the correct volume of fluid dispensed from acid or base for the reaction, leading to potential delays in obtaining the results.

Device

Centaur immunoassay unit

Manufacturer

Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc || Siemens Helathcare Diagnostics Manufacturing Limited || Sie...
  • Source
    NIDFSINVIMA