Events

Recall of Dimension/Dimension Vista Systems

According to New Zealand Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority, this recall involved a device in New Zealand that was produced by Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc.

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
    21660
  • Event Initiated Date
    2017-07-05
  • Event Country
    New Zealand
  • Event Source
    NZMMDSA
  • Event Source URL
    https://medsafe.govt.nz/hot/Recalls/RecallSearch.asp
  • Notes / Alerts
    Data from New Zealand is current through July 2018. All of the data comes from the New Zealand Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority, 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 New Zealand.
  • Extra notes in the data
    Recalling Organisation: Siemens Healthcare (NZ) Ltd, 55 Hugo Johnston Drive, Penrose, Auckland
  • Reason
    The manufacturer has become aware of sulfasalazine and sulfapyridine drug interference in the assays which use nadh and/or nadph to generate reduction oxidation reactions which produce colorimetric signals. falsely depressed or falsely elevated results may occur on samples drawn from patients taking sulfasalazine and sulfapyridine.
  • Action
    Manufacturer to issue advice regarding use

Device

Dimension/Dimension Vista Systems
  • Model / Serial
    Model: , Affected: Alanine Aminotransferase, Aspartate Aminotransferase, Glucose, Creatine Kinase MB and Thyroxine assays All Lots
  • Manufacturer
    Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc

Manufacturer

Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc
  • Manufacturer Parent Company (2017)
    Siemens AG
  • Source
    NZMMDSA