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Health product recall

AUTOMATICQC CARTRIDGE

Starting date:
September 15, 2016
Type of communication:
Medical Device Recall
Subcategory:
Medical Device
Hazard classification:
Type III
Source of recall:
Health Canada
Issue:
Medical Devices
Audience:
General Public
Identification number:
RA-60442

Affected Products

Reason

Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics has confirmed that the lots of Automatic QC Cartridge (AQC) listed have been incorrectly value assigned resulting in a +0.8 g/dl bias for level 1 total hemoglobin (tHb) on RapidPoint 400/405/500 Systems. Some users are reporting higher than expected results for this AQC level. AQC tHb levels 2 and 3 and all other AQC parameters are not affected.

Affected products

AUTOMATICQC CARTRIDGE

Lot or serial number
  • AQC/19516
  • AQC/19616
  • AQC/20816
  • AQC/20916
  • AQC/21016
  • AQC/21416
  • AQC/21516
Model or catalog number
  • 10310323
Companies
Manufacturer
Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc.
511 Benedict Ave
Tarrytown
10591
New York
UNITED STATES