Reported Nov 23, 2016 · Terminated

ADVIA Centaur CA 19-9 Assay (250 test kit)-for use,with the ADVIA Centaur and ADVIA Centaur XP, ADVIA Centaur XPT and…

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 CA 19-9 Assay (250 test kit)-for use,with the ADVIA Centaur and ADVIA Centaur XP, ADVIA Centaur XPT and ADVIA Centaur CP systems
  • Siemens Material Number(SMN)10491244 In the 510(k) database the CA 19-9 assay is not CLIA categorized on the ADVIA Centaur XPT instrument. Siemens stated that the assay is being marketed on the XPT following FDAs Reagent Replacement Policy. Siemens plans to request CLIA Categorization for the CA19-9 assay on XPT the week of 11/21/2016
Lot codes and dates
  • Kit lots ending in380 Exp Date 2016-10-21; 382/ 2017-01-09; 384 2017-02-06; 386 2017-03-24 ; 388 2017-05-14 ; 390 2017-06-12 . And all future lots until the issue is resolved. Siemens will also include a notecard in future lots of reagents referring customers to the communications
Amount recalled
30,222 kits

This recall covers 4 products

The agency filed one notice per product. You are reading one of them; the other 3 are below.

Where it was sold

  • Nationwide

Why it was recalled

CA 19-9 assay on the ADVIA Centaur CP does not meet the correlation to the CA 19-9 assay on the ADVIA Centaur/XP/XPT systems as stated in the Instructions for Use.

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 Mar 2, 2023 · Data as of Sep 19, 4:46 PM UTC

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