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Event 63494

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
October 10, 2012
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class III
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

Enforcement coverage uses report dates; product initiation dates can precede those bounds. Device-enrichment coverage uses FDA event_date_initiated.

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device · product 1 of 1

Siemens Dimension Vista(R) Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP) Calibrator The ALP CAL is an in vitro diagnostic product for the calibration of the Alkaline Phosphatase method on the Dimension Vista" System.

Z-0988-2013
Recall number
Z-0988-2013
Initiated
October 10, 2012
Classification
Class III
Status
Terminated
Quantity
1985 cartons

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
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Official device-enrichment evidence · Sourced

Nonconforming Material/Component

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Reason for recall

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Code information

Lot 2AD052 Catolog KC330

Distribution pattern

Nationwide distribution: USA including Puerto Rico and the states of AL, OH, MO, GA, IL, CT, IA, SC, VA, TX, FL, NY, NC, CA, NM, AZ, CA, MI, NJ, PR, MS, NE, WV, PA, MT, MA, MD, KS, NH, TN, VT, LA, CO, ID, WA, NH, DE and OR.