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Device product

BC Thrombin Reagent Kit Lot Number 46751; UDI - 008427680131024675120180908 and BC Thrombin Reagent Kit Lot Number 47184; UDI -008427680131024718420190221; BC Thrombin Reagent; Test, Thrombin Time Product Usage: For in vitro diagnostic use. Reagent for the quantitative determination of the thrombin time in citrated human plasma.

Z-0827-2018

October 17, 2017

Class II

Product summary

Firm
Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics
Event
Event 79053
Status
Terminated
Classification
Class II
Quantity
7631 units
Official record key
device-enforcement:Z-0827-2018

Official wording

Reason: The BC Thrombin Reagent kit lot 46751 (contains Thrombin Reagent lot 517468) and kit lot 47184 (contains Thrombin Reagent lot 517469) produce unexpected prolonged Thrombin Time (TT) results for expected normal samples, and may recover above the upper limit of normal (< 21 sec.) as stated within the IFU (Instruction For Use).

Code information: Manufactured: BC Thrombin Reagent Kit Lot 46751: 3673 kits BC Thrombin Reagent Kit Lot 47184: 3958 kits Total kits Distributed to Customers Domestic and Foreign: BC Thrombin Reagent Kit Lot 46751: 3549 kits BC Thrombin Reagent Kit Lot 47184: 2580 kits Product Code/ Lot# Date Manufactured Date Expired 46751 2016-11-01 2018-09-08 47184 2017-03-20 2019-02-21

Distribution pattern: Worldwide distribution. US nationwide, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Finland, France (incl. Guadeloupe, Martinique, Reunion, French Guinea overseas departments), Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan, Macedonia, Latvia, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, Argentina, Brazil, El Salvador, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay, Canada, and Australia.

Derived failure modes

  • Unknown

    reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0

    The BC Thrombin Reagent kit lot 46751 (contains Thrombin Reagent lot 517468) and kit lot 47184 (contains Thrombin Reagent lot 517469) produce unexpected prolonged Thrombin Time (TT) results for expected normal samples, and may recover above the upper limit of normal (< 21 sec.) as stated within the IFU (Instruction For Use).