EasyLink Informatics System included with the Dimension… recallZ-1991-2009 · Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Inc. · initiated Jul 14, 2009
Terminated All recalls posted in September 2009
Is my device affected?
- Compare the model, catalog and lot or serial numbers on your device or its packaging with the code information below. A recall usually covers only specific models or lots.
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Where to find your model and lot numbers · What recall classes and statuses mean
Why it was recalled
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FDA root cause category: Software design
What the company is doing
Siemens issued an "Urgent Device Correction" letter dated July 2009. The letter informed the user of the affected product including instructions for avoiding the problem. For further information, contact Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Technical Solution Center at 1-800-441-9250.
Recall details
- Recall number
- Z-1991-2009
- Recall class
- Not yet classified by the FDA
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated by the company
- Jul 14, 2009
- Posted by the FDA
- Sep 29, 2009
- Recalling firm
- Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Inc.
- Quantity
- 359 units
- Product code
- JJE
- FDA submissions
- K051087
- Distribution
- Worldwide Distribution -- United States, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain and Switzerland.
Product description
EasyLink Informatics System included with the Dimension Vista System. The Dimension Vista Integrated System is an in vitro diagnostic device intended to duplicate manual analytical procedures such as pipetting, mixing, heating, and measuring spectral intensities to determine a variety of analytes in human body fluids.
Code information (models, lots, serial numbers)
Part Number: 1000046623.
Other devices under the same FDA submission
4 devices cleared under K051087 — the recall does not name any of them by identifier. One submission often covers many models, so they may or may not be affected.
- Dimension Vista® 500 10284473Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc. · ANALYZER, CHEMISTRY (PHOTOMETRIC, DISCRETE), FOR CLINICAL USE1 recall524 reports
- Dimension Vista® 500 Intelligent Lab System 10488217Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc. · ANALYZER, CHEMISTRY (PHOTOMETRIC, DISCRETE), FOR CLINICAL USE13 reports
- Dimension Vista® V-LYTE® Integrated Multisensor Na+ / K+ / Cl- 10484429Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc. · ELECTRODE, ION SPECIFIC, POTASSIUM10 reports
- Dimension Vista® 1500 Intelligent Lab System 10459469Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc. · ANALYZER, CHEMISTRY (PHOTOMETRIC, DISCRETE), FOR CLINICAL USE9 reports
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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