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Recall of Device Recall Siemens CentraLink Data Management System

According to U.S. Food and Drug Administration, this recall involved a device in United States that was produced by Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Inc..

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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
    69129
  • Event Risk Class
    Class 2
  • Event Number
    Z-2665-2014
  • Event Initiated Date
    2014-08-19
  • Event Date Posted
    2014-09-18
  • Event Status
    Terminated
  • Event Country
    United States
  • Event Terminated Date
    2017-05-12
  • Event Source
    USFDA
  • Event Source URL
    https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfres/res.cfm?id=129688
  • 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 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 data.
  • Extra notes in the data
    unknown device name - Product Code N/A
  • Reason
    Siemens healthcare diagnostics has identified a task scheduler issue with the centralink" data management system, software version 14. the issue may cause the software to stop executing commands, including uploading validated results to the lis. the issue is related to an internal software timer that overflows after 24 days. automated rules triggered by task schedulers or by actions in the centralink user interface may also be affected. as each customer configuration is unique, in addition to the delay in uploading of validated results, the specific consequences of discontinued command execution will vary.
  • Action
    An Urgent Medical Device Correction (UMDC #10819364) letter was issued on August 19, 2014 to all affected customers. The letter instructed customers as follows: Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics is conducting a field correction for the CentraLink" Data Management System. To prevent the issue from occurring, log out of user sessions and restart the CentraLink services and translators as soon as it is convenient, then periodically restart going forward. Any restart frequency that occurs more often than every 24 days is acceptable and will prevent the issue from occurring. Refer to the Additional Information section for detailed instructions.

Device

Device Recall Siemens CentraLink Data Management System
  • Model / Serial
    Catalog Numbers: 10810210, 10811596, 10814296, 10814298, 10814877, 10815474
  • Distribution
    Worldwide Distribution-USA (nationwide) including Puerto Rico and the countries of Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherland, New Zealand Norway, Pakistan, Portugal, Peru, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Zambia.
  • Product Description
    Siemens CentraLink Data Management System, software version 14. || The CentraLink system software is a network solution provider and multi-system data manager for the instruments and lab automation systems (LAS) within the lab.
  • Manufacturer
    Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Inc.

Manufacturer

Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Inc.
  • Manufacturer Address
    Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Inc., 500 Gbc Dr Ms 514, PO BOX 6101, Newark DE 19702-2466
  • Manufacturer Parent Company (2017)
    Siemens Ag
  • Source
    USFDA