Reported Jun 8, 2016 · Terminated

Dimension Vista 1500 Intelligent Lab System running on software versions V.3.6.1 SP1 or V.3.6.2, Device listing #…

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. · 101 Silvermine Rd · Brookfield, CT · 06804-2047

Is this the product you have?

  • Dimension Vista 1500 Intelligent Lab System running on software versions V.3.6.1 SP1 or V.3.6.2, Device listing # D011374, All serial numbers and lots are affected. The Dimension Vista System is an in vitro diagnostic device intended to duplicate manual analytical procedures such as pipetting, mixing, heating, and measuring spectral intensities to determine a variety of analytes in human body fluids. Dimension Vista chemical and immunochemical applications use photometric, turbidimetric, chemiluminescence, nephelometric and integrated ion-selective multisensor technology for clinical use
Lot codes and dates
  • All serial numbers are affected.
Amount recalled
1300

This recall covers 2 products

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

Where it was sold

Why it was recalled

Discrepant patient results on Dimension Vista Intelligent Lab Systems. Siemens Healthcare confirmed a software defect which, in a very specific set of circumstances, results in the Dimension Vista System omitting an aliquot probe rinse between sample aspirations when processing tubes in Sample Racks that are front loaded on the Dimension Vista System.

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 13, 2017 · Data as of Sep 19, 5:19 PM UTC

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