Reported Jun 10, 2015 · Terminated

Dade Actin Activated Cephaloplastin Reagent; Liquid rabbit brain cephalin with plasma activator for use in the…

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?

  • Dade Actin Activated Cephaloplastin Reagent; Liquid rabbit brain cephalin with plasma activator for use in the determination of the activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) and other coagulation procedures requiring an activated partial thromboplastin reagent.
Lot codes and dates
    • Catalog Number B4218-1
    • Material Number 10445709
    • lot numbers 557128
    • 557129
    • 557130
    • 557131
    • 557132
    • 557133
    • 557134
    • 557135
    • 557140
    • 557141
  • expiration dates
    • 10/31/2015
    • 11/21/2015
    • 2/16/2016
Amount recalled
27501

This recall covers 3 products

The agency filed one notice per product. You are reading one of them; the other 2 are below.

Where it was sold

Why it was recalled

Recovery for assayed controls are out of assigned ranges. A drift >3 seconds in the normal APTT range and/or >15% in the pathological range has been observed. Patient samples with recoveries close to the medical decision points could exhibit a deviation up to 4 seconds for the normal range and up to 33% for the pathological range.

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 Jan 24, 2017 · Data as of Sep 19, 6:48 PM UTC

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