Reported Dec 19, 2012 · Terminated

Siemens Healthcare ADVIA Centaur Folate (FOL) 500 Test 06891541 100 Test 06367974 Ref Kit (US only) 09132781 Ref Kit…

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?

  • Siemens Healthcare ADVIA Centaur Folate (FOL) 500 Test 06891541 100 Test 06367974 Ref Kit (US only) 09132781 Ref Kit (US only) 00203473 Intended Use For in vitro diagnostic use in the quantitative determination of folate in serum or red blood cells using the ADVIA Centaur and ADVIA Centaur XP systems.
Lot codes and dates
  • Al lot codes
Amount recalled
100 Test=27392; 500 test=21045 and Reference Kits=3773

This recall covers 7 products

The agency filed one notice per product. You are reading one of them; the other 6 are below.

Where it was sold

  • Nationwide

Why it was recalled

Operating range of the ADVIA Centaur systems is 18C¿ to 30¿C (64.4¿F to 86.0¿F), a change in room temperature may increase or decrease assay results, depending on the specific assay and ADVIA Centaur system used.

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 Sep 25, 2015 · Data as of Sep 19, 6:53 PM UTC

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