Reported May 18, 2016 · Terminated

Dimension Vista Assays: Uric Acid (URCA)

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. · 500 Gbc Dr Ms 514 · Newark, DE · 19702-2466

Is this the product you have?

  • Dimension Vista AssaysUric Acid (URCA)
Lot codes and dates
  • Device Listing
    • D011436 - Uric Acid (URCA)
    • Catalog # K1077
Amount recalled
137422 units total

This recall covers 20 products

The agency filed one notice per product. You are reading one of them; the other 19 are below.

7 more are in the archive.

Where it was sold

Why it was recalled

Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics has become aware of N-Acetylcysteine (NAC) and Metamizole (Dipyrone) interference with Trinder and Trinder-like reaction assays. Siemens has confirmed that falsely depressed results may occur on samples drawn from patients receiving N-Acetylcysteine (NAC) or Metamizole. NAC is the accepted antidote for acetaminophen toxicity and is justified in patients at signific

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, 2017 · Data as of Sep 19, 5:21 PM UTC

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