ADVIA Centaur Systems TSH3 Ultra Ready Pack, 100 test recallZ-1653-2014 · Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Inc · initiated Apr 10, 2014
Class II Terminated All recalls posted in May 2014
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Why it was recalled
Samples containing fluorescein may show interference with the ADVIA Centaur Systems TSH3 Ultra, Vitamin D and the ADVIA Centaur BRAHMS Procalcitonin assays.
FDA root cause category: Device Design
What the company is doing
Siemens Healthcare Urgent Medical Device Correction (UMDC) was mailed to all affected Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics customers in the United States on April 11, 2014 for customer receipt on April 14, 2014. This notice informed the customers of fluorescein interference with the ADVIA Centaur Systems TSH3-Ultra and Vitamin D Total assays. This notice instructs customers that the TSH3-Ultra and Vitamin D assays can continue to be used for testing any sample that does not contain fluorescein. However, testing blood drawn from a patient, without allowing clearance of fluorescein is not recommended. This notice should be reviewed with the facility's laboratory or medical director. B. An Urgent Field Safety Notice (UFSN) was sent out for distribution to all customers outside the United States on April 10, 2014. This notice informed the customer of fluorescein interference with the ADVIA Centaur Systems TSH3-Ultra , Vitamin D Total and ADVIA Centaur BRAHMS Procalcitonin assays. This notice instructs customers that the TSH3-Ultra, Vitamin D and Procalcitonin assays can continue to be used for testing any sample that does not contain fluorescein. However, testing blood drawn from a patient, without allowing clearance of fluorescein is not recommended. This notice should be reviewed with the facilitys laboratory or medical director. (Note: The ADVIA Centaur BRAHMS Procalcitonin assay is not sold in the US.)
Recall details
- Recall number
- Z-1653-2014
- Recall class
- Class II
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated by the company
- Apr 10, 2014
- Posted by the FDA
- May 23, 2014
- Recalling firm
- Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Inc
- Quantity
- 22,770 kits
- Product code
- JLW
- FDA submissions
- K083844
- Distribution
- Worldwide Distribution-USA (nationwide) and the countries of Afghanistan Algeria Armenia Austria Bahrain Belgium Bulgaria Burkina Faso Canary Islands Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jordan Kazakhstan Latvia Lebanon Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Netherlands Norway Oman Pakistan Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russian Fed. Saudi Arabia Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Unit.Arab Emir. Vatican Yemen.
Product description
ADVIA Centaur Systems TSH3 Ultra Ready Pack, 100 test Catalog Number: 06491072; Siemens Material Number: 10282378. Intended for the invitro diagnostic use in quantitative determination of various assays on the ADVIA Centaur and ADVIA Centaur XP analyzers.
Code information (models, lots, serial numbers)
Kit lots ending in/Exp Date: 266 17 April 2014 267 17 June 2014 269 01 August 2014 270 30 September 2014 271 18 November 2014 272 21 January 2015 273 18 November 2014
Other devices under the same FDA submission
2 devices cleared under K083844 — the recall does not name any of them by identifier. One submission often covers many models, so they may or may not be affected.
- ADVIA Centaur® TSH3-UL 10282379Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc. · RADIOIMMUNOASSAY, THYROID-STIMULATING HORMONE15 reports
- ADVIA Centaur® TSH3-UL 10282378Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc. · RADIOIMMUNOASSAY, THYROID-STIMULATING HORMONE2 reports
Other products in the same recall event
The FDA groups related products into one recall event (event 67953).
- Z-1654-2014 · TerminatedADVIA Centaur Systems TSH3 Ultra , Ready Pack, 500 test Catalog Number: 06491080; Siemens Material Number: 10282379. Intended for the invitro diagnostic use in quantitative determ…
Sources and updates
- Recall record: FDA Medical Device Recalls, file dated Oct 16, 2026 · View the FDA recall notice ↗
- Devices: FDA GUDID, file dated Oct 13, 2026. Devices are linked when their identifier (with a valid check digit) appears in the recall's code information.
- Page last rebuilt: Oct 18, 2026. Text above is shown as published by the FDA.
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