Diagnostic Equipment

The firm is recalling the products due to a potential for false negative test results.

GE has become aware of multiple issues affecting the Dash 3000/4000/5000 Patient Monitor. These issues may occur when the Ethernet controller in the XPC823 CPU on the Dash and DashPort 2 motherboard functions intermittently. GE Healthcare has identified that these issues occur most often at sites with large Unity Network installations. It should be noted that the Dash 3000/4000/5000 patient m

Inaccurate readings. Software contains unused (turned off) accuracy correction factors for slope (gain) and offset (bias) for Hematocrit/Saturation calculations. The accuracy on any cuvette size did not meet the specifications.

Viterion telehealth monitors do not transmit "HI" (above the meter's measurable range) and "LO" (below the meter's measurable range) blood glucose readings from Bayer's Contour Elite XL blood glucose meters, or from Roche's Accu-Chek Advantage 03 and 04 meters to healthcare professionals.

Viterion telehealth monitors do not transmit "HI" (above the meter's measurable range) and "LO" (below the meter's measurable range) blood glucose readings from Bayer's Contour Elite XL blood glucose meters, or from Roche's Accu-Chek Advantage 03 and 04 meters to healthcare professionals.

VS2+ screen may lock up and stop monitoring during patient use

RhMK product fungal contamination.

The firm is recalling the product due to some cartridges may contain individual discs that are not impregnated with antibiotic. The firm notified their customers of the recall with a notification letter and requested a confirmation fax back of receipt.

There is no evidence that a visual inspection was performed on one tray of coverslips. Possibility of a low fill volume which could lead to a false negative results.

Some VITROS¿ Chemistry Products Vapor Adsorption Cartridge CAT No. 6800100 cartons incorrectly contain a Particulate Cartridge Part No. J19612. In some instances, the Particulate Cartridge has been inadvertently installed on the VITROS¿ System instead of the intended VITROS¿ Vapor Adsorption Cartridge which may bias results.

Out of range (increased) HDL Cholesterol results.

The COBAS TaqMan MTB Test Definition Files (TDF) v3.0, for both CE-IVD and JPN-IVD tests, being used with AMPLILINK software version 3.3 series and COBAS TaqMan MTB Test Kits, both CE-IVD and JPN-IVD, have an incorrect Target Elbow Max cutoff value of 48 creating the potential for false negative results to be generated for patient samples with Target Elbows in the range of 48 to 50.

Inorganic phosphorus assays using System Diluent Lot 155599 may not product acceptable calibration results.

Values of fluoroscopy time, Air Kerma Rate and Cumulated Air Kerma may not be displayed "at the fluoroscopist's working position" as per 21 CFR 1003.21

Affected lots of Cordis ExoSeal (TM) VCD have been sterilized using a process that did not achieve the sterility assurance level that is required by the standards of this class of product. Model Numbers EX500, EX600, and EX700.

Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics has received complaints of IRON calibrations outside of acceptable calibration slope (m) values (0.97 - 1.03) when using IRON calibrator lots 2DN060 and 2FN063. Lots 2GN068 and 2JN074 may also be impacted but no complaints have been received.

Out of range (increased) HDL Cholesterol results.

Mindray has identified an issue with the DPM5 monitors where ST and Arrhythmia features may not be available.

Clinical diagnostic instrument may exhibit minor defects, which could lead to erroneous test results.

The Architect 25-OH Vitamin D assay has the potential to generate falsely elevated or falsely depressed results when used with certain lots of Architect Reaction Vessels.