Dimension Vista 500 — Class II medical device recall Z-0616-2019
Terminated recall by Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Inc., reported 2018-12-26, distributed nationwide. Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics has identified an issue with Dimension Vista software v.3.7 and v.3.8.1 that ma
| Recall number | Z-0616-2019 |
|---|---|
| Product type | Medical device |
| Classification | Class II |
| Status | Terminated |
| Voluntary or mandated | Voluntary |
| Recalling firm | Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Inc., Newark, DE, United States |
| Recall initiated | 2018-10-16 |
| Classified | 2018-12-14 |
| Reported by FDA | 2018-12-26 |
| Terminated | 2020-06-17 |
| Distributed | Nationwide (US) |
| Quantity | 1,649 |
| Reason classes | software |
| Model numbers | 10284473 |
Product
Dimension Vista 500, model no. 10284473 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.
Machine access
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