Atellica CH Iron3 - IVD use in the quantitative measurement of iron in human serum and plasma (lithium heparin and sodium heparin) using the Atellica¿ CI Analyzer and Atellica¿ CH Analyzer Siemens Material Number (SMN): 11537211

Reason: Potential for falsely elevated Chol_2, LDLC, and Trig_2 results on the Atellica CH and Atellica CI analyzers when the previous result in the cuvette was Iron3. Results in a positive bias ranging from 2-16% -impacts calibrator, quality control (QC), and patient results.

Code information: UDI-DI: 00630414610849 All lots

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