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Health product recall

Dimension Vista 1500 and 500 Lab Systems (2014-11-06)

Starting date:
November 6, 2014
Posting date:
November 18, 2014
Type of communication:
Medical Device Recall
Subcategory:
Medical Device
Hazard classification:
Type III
Source of recall:
Health Canada
Issue:
Medical Devices
Audience:
General Public, Healthcare Professionals, Hospitals
Identification number:
RA-42143

Recalled Products

  1. Dimension Vista 1500 Lab System(Class2)
  2. Dimension Vista 1500 Lab System(Class3)
  3. Dimension Vista 500 Lab System

Reason

Siemens has received customer complaints of discrepant flagged and/or unflagged patient and QC results on Dimension Vista Intelligent Lab Systems. Reagent probe performance may decline more quickly than anticipated and have an effect on assays with similar formulations when processed sequentially on the same reagent server. Replacing an associated reagent probe can resolve this issue.

Affected products

A. Dimension  Vista 1500 Lab System(Class2)

Lot or serial number

More than 10 numbers, contact manufacturer.

Model or catalog number

1000033793
 

Companies
Manufacturer
Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc.
500 GBC Drive, Mailstop 514, PO Box 6101
Newark
19714-6101
Delaware
UNITED STATES

B. Dimension Vista 1500 Lab System(Class3)

Lot or serial number

More than 10 numbers, contact manufacturer.

Model or catalog number

1000033793
 

Companies
Manufacturer
Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc.
500 GBC Drive, Mailstop 514, PO Box 6101
Newark
19714-6101
Delaware
UNITED STATES

C. Dimension Vista 500 Lab System

Lot or serial number

More than 10 numbers, contact manufacturer.

Model or catalog number

1000034648

Companies
Manufacturer
Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc.
500 GBC Drive, Mailstop 514, PO Box 6101
Newark
19714-6101
Delaware
UNITED STATES