Siemens Healthcare Caps for capillary 140/175 uL — Class II medical device recall Z-1257-2015
Terminated recall by Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc, reported 2015-03-18, distributed nationwide. Capillary Caps for RAPIDLyte Multicap and Multicap-S Blood Collection Capillaries may not attach and result in
| Recall number | Z-1257-2015 |
|---|---|
| Product type | Medical device |
| Classification | Class II |
| Status | Terminated |
| Voluntary or mandated | Voluntary |
| Recalling firm | Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc, Norwood, MA, United States |
| Recall initiated | 2015-01-22 |
| Classified | 2015-03-06 |
| Reported by FDA | 2015-03-18 |
| Terminated | 2016-04-13 |
| Distributed | Nationwide (US) |
| Countries outside the US | AE, AT, AU, BE, CA, CH, CO, CW, CZ, DE, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, HK, HR, IE, IT, JO, JP, LT, LV, MX, NL, NO, NZ, PL, PT, RS, SA, SE, SG, SK, TH, TW, ZA |
| Quantity | 32,384 |
| Reason classes | foreign material, device malfunction |
| Model numbers | 478605 |
Product
Siemens Healthcare Caps for capillary 140/175 uL, Package count 100 For use with blood collection Multicap glass and Multicap-S plastic capillaries SMN: 10311054 Legacy Part number: 478605
Reason for recall
Capillary Caps for RAPIDLyte Multicap and Multicap-S Blood Collection Capillaries may not attach and result in breakage of the glass capillary
Machine access
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