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Event 79468

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
December 14, 2017
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Inc.

Dossier provenance

Source snapshots represented here

  • openFDA Device Enforcement Report-date coverage June 20, 2012–July 08, 2026 Known gap: openFDA describes 2004-present coverage, but the current export has no report-date records in this interval.
  • openFDA Device Recall event_date_initiated coverage June 01, 1997–June 30, 2026

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Dimension Lipase Flex¿ Reagent Cartridge - ( Lipase-esterase, enzymatic, photometric, lipase)

Z-1796-2018
Recall number
Z-1796-2018
Initiated
December 14, 2017
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Quantity
N/A

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
Calibration failure - confirmed a positive bias with LIPL lot FB8109 when compared to other Dimension LIPL lots. Lot FB8109 is not meeting Siemens internal specifications for lot-to-lot limits.

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Official device-enrichment evidence · Unknown

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Reason for recall

Calibration failure - confirmed a positive bias with LIPL lot FB8109 when compared to other Dimension LIPL lots. Lot FB8109 is not meeting Siemens internal specifications for lot-to-lot limits.

Code information

Catalog DF56 Lot FB8109- UDI# (01)00842768025532(10)FB8109(17)20180419

Distribution pattern

Domestic and Foreign consignees

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