Z-0617-2019 Class II Terminated

Recalled by Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Inc. — Newark, DE

Recall Details

Product Type
Devices
Report Date
December 26, 2018
Initiation Date
October 16, 2018
Termination Date
June 17, 2020
Voluntary/Mandated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Product Quantity
1628

Product Description

Dimension Vista 1500, Model No. 10444801 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.

Reason for Recall

Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics has identified an issue with Dimension Vista software v.3.7 and v.3.8.1 that may result in aliquot well contamination. If a test is cancelled by the operator while the instrument is aliquotting the sample, the Dimension Vista instrument may continue to deliver the cancelled sample or vial contents to the aliquot well(s). Future samples may be assigned to the same aliquot well(s) and become contaminated with the existing contents or overflow of the aliquot well may occur potentially contaminating a surrounding well(s). This issue only occurs when an operator manually cancels a test(s) for calibration, quality control (QC) or patient sample while the instrument is in the process of aliquotting the sample.

Distribution Pattern

Nationwide/worldwide distribution.

Code Information

Dimension Vista software versions 3.7 and 3.8.1