Recall of Device Recall Stratus CS Acute Care Diagnostics 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.

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
    74534
  • Event Risk Class
    Class 2
  • Event Number
    Z-2525-2016
  • Event Initiated Date
    2016-06-22
  • Event Status
    Open, Classified
  • Event Country
  • Event Source
    USFDA
  • Event Source URL
  • 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
    Fluorometric method, cpk or isoenzymes - Product Code JHX
  • Reason
    Software defect, where either an above assay range or an inaccurate value could potentially be reported, in the stratus cs acute care diagnostics system regarding testpak calibration and quality control (qc) status when a testpak is due to expire within 48 hours.
  • Action
    Siemens Healthcare issued an Urgent Field Safety Notice by e-mail to all affected Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Regional offices on June 22, 2016 both in the United States and Outside the US for communication with affected customers. This notice informs customers of the issue and provides mitigation instructions. Customers are to contact Siemens Customer Care Center or their local Siemens technical support representative at 800-405-6473. Siemens Healthcare is currently developing a software update to address this issue and will be providing new information as it becomes available

Device

  • Model / Serial
    All software versions and serial numbers
  • Product Classification
  • Device Class
    2
  • Implanted device?
    No
  • Distribution
    Worldwide Distribution -- USA, U.A.E., Algeria, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bosnia Herzeg., Botswana, Canada, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Libya, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mexico, Namibia, P.R. China, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, U.A.E., and United Kingdom.
  • Product Description
    Stratus¿ CS STAT Fluorometric Analyzer-microprocessor-controlled instrument || that measures certain analytes in body fluids for in vitro diagnostic use. Assays include ~hCG, CRP, CKMB, cTNI, D-Dimer, Myoglobin, and pBNP. || SMN: 10444834, 10453531
  • Manufacturer

Manufacturer

  • Manufacturer Address
    Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc, 2 Edgewater Dr, Norwood MA 02062-4637
  • Manufacturer Parent Company (2017)
  • Source
    USFDA