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Health product recall

Advia Centaur Progesterone Assays (2017-01-06)

Starting date:
January 6, 2017
Posting date:
January 25, 2017
Type of communication:
Medical Device Recall
Subcategory:
Medical Device
Hazard classification:
Type II
Source of recall:
Health Canada
Issue:
Medical Devices
Audience:
Healthcare Professionals, General Public, Hospitals
Identification number:
RA-61954

Affected Products

  1. Advia Centaur CP System-Progesterone(Prge) Assaye
  2. Advia Centaur System-Progesterone Assay

Reason

Siemens has confirmed that the presence of DHEA-S (a metabolite of DHEA, a steroid hormone that may be used as part of in vitro fertilization (IVF) protocols to improve ovarian response and IVF treatment outcomes) causes falsely elevated progesterone results on the ADVIA Centaur, Dimension Vista and Immulite Systems around the clinically important decision level of approximately 1 ng/ml (3.18 nmol/l) of progesterone. This threshold is used by some IVF protocols to determine whether to proceed with fresh embryo transfer in the current cycle.

Affected products

  1. Advia Centaur CP System-Progesterone(Prge) Assaye

Lot or serial number

All lots

Model or catalog number
  • 01586287
  • 02382928
  • 118530
  • 125362
  • 126345
Companies
Manufacturer
Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc.
511 Benedict Ave
Tarrytown
10591
UNITED STATES

B. Advia Centaur System-Progesterone Assay

Lot or serial number

All lots

Model or catalog number

01586287
02382928
118530
125362
126345

Companies
Manufacturer
Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc.
511 Benedict Ave
Tarrytown
10591
UNITED STATES