Events

Recall of Device Recall Siemens Dimension(R) EXL(TM) 200

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
    64570
  • Event Risk Class
    Class 3
  • Event Number
    Z-1048-2013
  • Event Initiated Date
    2013-02-27
  • Event Date Posted
    2013-04-01
  • Event Status
    Terminated
  • Event Country
    United States
  • Event Terminated Date
    2014-01-14
  • Event Source
    USFDA
  • Event Source URL
    https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfres/res.cfm?id=116506
  • 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
    Analyzer, chemistry (photometric, discrete), for clinical use - Product Code JJE
  • Reason
    Through investigation of customer complaints, siemens healthcare diagnostics has confirmed an increase in system check failures due to high system check loci results. upon further investigation, siemens has determined that many of these errors are due to the current limit set for system check loci results. the errors have no impact on results, but they may cause customer inconvenience. siemens h.
  • Action
    Siemens initiated their recall of this product on February 27, 2013 by sending an Important Customer Notification letter to consignees by FedEx. The letter identified the product, problem, and actions to be taken by the customers.

Device

Device Recall Siemens Dimension(R) EXL(TM) 200

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