epoc BGEM Test Card (BUN & TCO2),Veterinary with epoc Host… recallZ-2478-2023 · Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc · initiated Jun 1, 2023
Open, Classified
Is my device affected?
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Where to find your model and lot numbers · What recall classes and statuses mean
Why it was recalled
There is potential for discrepant high glucose results in samples with glucose results on the lower end of the reportable range.
FDA root cause category: Under Investigation by firm
What the company is doing
Consignees were notified via an Urgent Medical Device Correction letter beginning June 5, 2023. Consignees were informed of the issue and were provided a workaround and actions to take. The next sensor configuration/software version, sensor configuration 42.1/epoc Host SW v3.38.2 /epoc NXS SW v4.11.11, is available to customers in Siemens Healthineers Document Library or the epoc Live Update Service (eLUS). This next sensor configuration, 42.1, mitigates the issue.
Recall details
- Recall number
- Z-2478-2023
- Status
- Open, Classified
- Initiated by the company
- Jun 1, 2023
- Posted by the FDA
- Aug 28, 2023
- Recalling firm
- Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc
- Quantity
- 348 ea
- Product code
- CHL
- FDA submissions
- K200107
- Distribution
- US distribution to AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, DC, DE, FL, IA, ID, IL, KS, KY, LA, MI, MN, MO, NC, ND, NH, NY, OH, OK, SC, SD, and TX OUS distribution to Canada, China, Colombia, Finland, India, Mexico, Norway, Sweden, United Arab Emirates, and Vietnam
Product description
epoc BGEM Test Card (BUN & TCO2),Veterinary with epoc Host SW v3.37.3, epoc NXS SW v4.10.6, Sensor Configuration 41.1
Code information (models, lots, serial numbers)
UDI-DI: 00630414243788 Siemens Material Number: 10736516 Lots: 04-23043-51 (expiry 30-Jul-2023)
Other devices under the same FDA submission
1 device cleared under K200107 — the recall does not name any of them by identifier. One submission often covers many models, so they may or may not be affected.
- epoc NXS Host 11413475Epocal Inc · ACID, LACTIC, ENZYMATIC METHOD2 recalls6 reports
Other products in the same recall event
The FDA groups related products into one recall event (event 92537).
- Z-2476-2023 · Open, Classifiedepoc BGEM BUN Test Card with epoc Host SW v3.37.3, epoc NXS SW v4.10.6, Sensor Configuration 41.1
- Z-2477-2023 · Open, Classifiedepoc BGEM Crea Test Card with epoc Host SW v3.37.3, epoc NXS SW v4.10.6, Sensor Configuration 41.1
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 16, 2026. Text above is shown as published by the FDA.
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