Dimension Vista(R) Vancomycin Flex(R) Reagent Cartridge (VANC, Catalog # K4086). For the quantitative measurement of vancomycin in human serum and plasma on the Dimension Vista system.

Reason: Siemens has received complaints of customers experiencing slopes >1.05 when calibrating Flex(R) reagent cartridge lot 12095AD. This results in a slope failure and prevents the VANC assay from being run on the Dimension Vista(R) System.

Code information: lot 12095AD, exp 2013-04-04

Distribution pattern: Worldwide Distribution -- US, including Washington, DC and the states of AL, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, and WV, and the countries of Canada, New Zealand, Germany, and Puerto Rico.