Reported Mar 1, 2023 · Ongoing

Atellica IM Folate 700 test kit (REF)-For in vitro diagnostic use in the quantitative determination of folate in human…

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?

  • Atellica IM Folate 700 test kit (REF)-For in vitro diagnostic use in the quantitative determination of folate in human serum and red blood cells
  • Siemens Material Number (SMN)11206252
Lot codes and dates
  • UDI(01)00630414293653(10)16097337(17)20230320 (01)00630414293653(10) 44861343 (17)20230630 (01)00630414293653(10) 63869345 (17)20230726
  • Lot Numbers16097337, 44861343, 63869345 and higher. Affects all current and future lots of the Atellica IM Folate assay until the Instructions for Use are updated
Amount recalled
1,865 kits

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

Why it was recalled

Negative bias occurred when whole blood calibration (Atellica IM Fol or ADVIA Centaur FolateBA/FolBA) used to test serum samples.

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

Data as of Sep 19, 6:22 PM UTC

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