Product Wiki · Recalls · Health Canada — Medical Devices

Advia Centaur Systems — recall 48385

Health Canada — Medical Devices · Canada · 2012-12-10 · Type III

Compiled from an official source — the facts on this page are reproduced from the issuing authority’s own published notice, which is linked above. No AI-generated text appears on this page. How we use AI →
Agency
Health Canada — Medical Devices
Recall identifier
48385
Date of alert
2012-12-10
Country / jurisdiction
Canada
Risk level
Type III
Risk type
recall
Product category
Medical devices
Product type
Medical devices
Notice status
Archived by the issuing authority — kept for reference
Reported risk: Siemens has received complaints regarding a perceived increased rate of reactive results with specific Advair Centaur HBCT Assay kit lots, that do not correspond with other HBV Serological Markers. HBCT Readypack lot numbers ending in 044, 045, and 046 do not meet the specificity claims in the IFU . Product code 07566733 is used with the Advia Centaur, Advia Centaur XP, and Advia Centaur CP systems.
Primary source: https://recalls-rappels.canada.ca/en/alert-recall/advia-centaur-systems

Verify each fact at the issuing agency before acting. Recall scope, affected lots, and remediation instructions may be updated by the agency after our last sync.

ProductGuru indexes recall and safety-alert records from ~30 public agency registries. We are not lawyers, regulators or product-safety consultants. This page restates what the named agency published; consult the primary source above (or qualified counsel in your jurisdiction) before any commercial, medical or safety decision.