Events

Recall of Siemens Dimension Vista V-LYTE Intergrated Multisensor

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
    20972
  • Event Initiated Date
    2017-02-01
  • 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
    The manufacturer has confirmed a low bias for dimension vista v-lyte integrated multisensor urine potassium (k) when compared to the dimension quiklyte integrated multisensor, which is the predicate device used in the method comparison section of the v-lyte instructions for use (ifu). our testing showed a bias of -4.9% at a urine potassium concentration of 39.6 mmol/l, -19.6% at a urine potassium concentration of 32.8 mmol/l, and an average bias of -10.9% over the urine potassium concentration range of 7.5 to 133.7 mmol/l. this bias affects patient results, qc and could result in failures in accuracy-based proficiency testing program., the manufacturer is issuing this follow-up notification with enhanced instructions for updating and verifying the urine potassium method comparison coefficients.
  • Action
    Software to be upgraded

Device

Siemens Dimension Vista V-LYTE Intergrated Multisensor

Manufacturer

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