Events

Recall of Device Recall IMMULITE /IMMULITE 1000 CEA

According to U.S. Food and Drug Administration, this recall involved a device in United States 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
    79505
  • Event Risk Class
    Class 2
  • Event Number
    Z-1678-2018
  • Event Initiated Date
    2018-01-02
  • Event Status
    Open, Classified
  • Event Country
    United States
  • Event Source
    USFDA
  • Event Source URL
    https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfres/res.cfm?id=162509
  • Notes / Alerts
    U.S. data is current through June 2018. All of the data comes from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, except for the category Manufacturer Parent Company.
    The Parent Company was added by ICIJ.
    The parent company information is based on 2017 public records.
  • Extra notes in the data
    System, test, carcinoembryonic antigen - Product Code DHX
  • Reason
    Concentrations for the level of biotin that does not interfere is not currently listed in the instruction for use for the dimension vista ctni, dimension vista mmb, dimension sirolimus, advia centaur fol, advia centaur ahbcm and the following immulite assays, 3gallergy specific ige, anti-hbc, br-ma (ca15-3), cea, folic acid, gastrin, om-ma (ca125), thyroglobulin, and vitamin b12, and these assays are susceptible to interference from biotin.
  • Action
    Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics issued a recall in March 2017 for products with incorrect units for biotin in the Instructions for Use. After further investigation, recalling firm determined that more Siemens products also had missing or incorrect information in the IFUs for which two recalls were initiated, and Amended Corrections and Removals Reports were submitted to the FDA

Device

Device Recall IMMULITE /IMMULITE 1000 CEA
  • Model / Serial
    CEA, CEA (IMMULITE/IMMULITE 1000, LKCE1), (IMMULITE 2000/IMMULITE 2000 XPi, LKCE2, LKCE6)  Lot codes: 0355 0356 0357
  • Product Classification
    Immunology and Microbiology Devices
  • Device Class
    2
  • Implanted device?
    No
  • Distribution
    Nationwide and Canada, Mexico, and Thailand
  • Product Description
    IMMULITE ¿ /IMMULITE ¿ 1000 CEA
  • Manufacturer
    Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Inc.

Manufacturer

Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Inc.
  • Manufacturer Address
    Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Inc., 511 Benedict Ave, Tarrytown NY 10591-5005
  • Manufacturer Parent Company (2017)
    Siemens Ag
  • Source
    USFDA