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Event 62640

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
July 17, 2012
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Inc

Dossier provenance

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  • 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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Siemens ADVIA Centaur¿ Syphilis (SYPH) Assay , 200 ReadyPack Reference Number 10492493 Product Usage: The ADVIA Centaur Syphilis (SYPH) assay is an in vitro diagnostic immunoassay for the qualitative determination of antibodies to Treponema pallidum in human serum or plasma (EDTA, lithium or sodium heparinized, citrate) using the ADVIA Centaur and ADVIA Centaur XP systems as an aid in the diagnosis of syphilis

Z-2228-2012
Recall number
Z-2228-2012
Initiated
July 17, 2012
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Quantity
2050 Kits

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
Syphilis Assay Interference with HBsAg Assay

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Reason for recall

Syphilis Assay Interference with HBsAg Assay

Code information

US Lot Number/Exp. Date 85456003 2012-10-13; 86036003 2012-10-13; 87129003 2012-10-13; 88440003 2012-10-13; 90054004 2013-04-09; 90422004 2013-04-09. Outside the US: Kit lots, 77749002, 80615003, 82640003, 84120003, 85456003, 86036003, 87129003,88440003,90054004,90422004.

Distribution pattern

Worldwide Distribution - US Nationwide and the countries of: Foreign: Brazil, China, Denmark, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and New Zealand Viet Nam