Recall Z-1304-2024— Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Inc.

Class II · Ongoing

Class II FDA medical device recall by Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Inc., initiated 2024-02-07. It names one FDA 510(k) clearance: K951361. Product: DCA Systems HbA1c Reagent Kit. Reason: The reason for the recall is that the Siemens DCA HbA1c Reagent Kit was confirmed to display a positive bias without alerting the user. The potential impact of the defect is that erroneous test results could be reported and potentially lead to incorrect patient management of glucose control. A positive bias may be observed with eleven HbA1c affected lots. Positive bias was observed when the performance of these five HbA1c lots was compared to NGSP pooled patient target-value assigned samples and the maximum bias observed was 19%..

Recalling firm
Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Inc.
Classification
Class II
Status
Ongoing
Initiated
2024-02-07
Firm location
Tarrytown, NY, United States

510(k) clearances named in this recall

1 on FDA's record

K-numbers as listed on FDA's Recall Enterprise System record for this event (openFDA device/recall k_numbers). The recall may also cover devices cleared under other submissions not named here.

Product description

DCA Systems HbA1c Reagent Kit

Reason for recall

The reason for the recall is that the Siemens DCA HbA1c Reagent Kit was confirmed to display a positive bias without alerting the user. The potential impact of the defect is that erroneous test results could be reported and potentially lead to incorrect patient management of glucose control. A positive bias may be observed with eleven HbA1c affected lots. Positive bias was observed when the performance of these five HbA1c lots was compared to NGSP pooled patient target-value assigned samples and the maximum bias observed was 19%.

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