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Advia Chemistry System — recall 48555

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

As described by Health Canada — Medical Devices: Advia Chemistry System - Phenobarbital and Advia 1200 Chemistry - Phenobarbital

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Agency
Health Canada — Medical Devices
Recall identifier
48555
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 Healthcare Diagnostics is conducting a recall for Advia Chemistry systems, phenobarbital reagent Lots 244574 and 256536. Internal studies have indicated that these lots may exhibit increased imprecision and outliers.
Primary source: https://recalls-rappels.canada.ca/en/alert-recall/advia-chemistry-system-phenoba

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