Events

Recall of Siemens Dimension Vista LOCI Thyroid Stimulating Hormone

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
    18425
  • Event Initiated Date
    2015-04-28
  • 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, Millennium Centre, Part Level 2, Building A, 600 Great South Road, Ellerslie, AUCKLAND 1051
  • Reason
    Siemens healthcare diagnostics has determined that dimension vista® loci thyroid stimulating hormone (tsh) lot 14237aa may produce falsely depressed results ranging from -23% to -96% near the end of the well set due to inadequate reagent volume in a flex® well. quality control will detect the issue if it is run near the end of an affected well set.
  • Action
    Product to be destroyed

Device

Siemens Dimension Vista LOCI Thyroid Stimulating Hormone

Manufacturer

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