Reported Oct 29, 2014 · Terminated

ADVIA Centaur¿¿ Systems HBc Total (HBcT) Kit. For In Vitro Diagnostic Use. Catalog Number: 07566733 Siemens Material…

Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Inc.

Moderate riskThis product could cause temporary or reversible health problems — stop using it.

What you should do

Stop using the affected lot and contact the recalling firm for the return or refund process. Check the FDA enforcement report for lot-level detail.

Firm contact: Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Inc · 333 Coney St · East Walpole, MA · 02032-1516

Is this the product you have?

  • ADVIA Centaur¿¿ Systems HBc Total (HBcT) Kit. For In Vitro Diagnostic Use
  • Catalog Number07566733
  • Siemens Material Number10309508 The ADVIA Centaur HBc Total assay is an in vitro diagnostic test for the qualitative determination of total antibodies to the core antigen of the hepatitis B virus (HBc Total) in human serum or plasma (potassium EDT A, or lithium or sodium heparinized) using the ADVIA Centaur CP system
Lot codes and dates
  • Lot Number
    • 36217064
    • 36281064
    • 36449064
    • 37406064
    • 38177064 Exp
  • Date
    • February 10
    • 2015
Amount recalled
5434

This recall covers 2 products

The agency filed one notice per product. You are reading one of them; the other one is below.

Where it was sold

  • Nationwide

Why it was recalled

Increased imprecision and positive bias is observed with patient samples and negative controls and can result in an increase in initial reactive results.

This product could cause temporary or reversible health problems — stop using it.

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Where this came from

Source: U.S. Food & Drug Administration (openFDA)

Read the FDA (openFDA device enforcement) notice

Notice updated Dec 28, 2015 · Data as of Sep 19, 5:21 PM UTC

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