Field Safety Notices about Dimension® Enz II (Series) calibrators

According to Agency for Medicinal Products and Medical Devices of the Republic of Slovenia (via FOI), this field safety notices involved a device in Slovenia that was produced by Siemens Healthcare d.o.o..

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Field safety notices are communications sent out by medical device manufacturers or their representatives in relation to actions that they may be taking in relation to their product that is on the market. These are mainly for health workers, but also for users. They can include recalls and alerts.

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  • Type of Event
    Field Safety Notice
  • Event Country
  • Event Source
    AMPMDRS
  • Notes / Alerts
    Data from Slovenia is current through February 2019. All of the data comes from the Agency for Medicinal Products and Medical Devices of the Republic of Slovenia (via FOI), 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 Slovenia.
  • Extra notes in the data
  • Reason
    False elevated values (up to 10%) the alt enzyme in patients, internal controls and qualified test materials can be detected from dimension® enz ii (series) calibrators lot 4md047 onwards.

Device

  • Model / Serial
    Dimension® Enz II lalibrator ENZ II CAL DC143 10476170 4MD047 5CD052 5FD017 5GD050 5HD010 5JD069 5LD051 6AD054 11-03-2015 21-04-2015 29-06-2015 05-08-2015 01-10-2015 22-11-2015 22-01-2016 19-02-2016 01-01-2016* 01-03-2016* 01-06-2016 01-07-2016 01-09-2016 01-10-2016 01-11-2016 21-02-2017
  • Manufacturer

Manufacturer

  • Manufacturer Parent Company (2017)
  • Source
    AMPMDRS