EasyLink Informatics Systems QCFIRST Custom Rule recallZ-0121-2011 · Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Inc. · initiated Jul 23, 2010
Terminated All recalls posted in October 2010
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Why it was recalled
the EasyLink QCFIRST custom rule does not operate as intended.
FDA root cause category: Other
What the company is doing
Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics issued an Urgent Field Safety Notice dated July 2010 to all customers that have the EasyLink QCFIRST custom rule installed. This Urgent Field Safety Notice included information on the problem and confirmed that a Siemens representative would contact them to facilitate the removal of the rule from the EasyLink System. For questions contact the Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Technical Solution Center at 1-800-441-9250.
Recall details
- Recall number
- Z-0121-2011
- Recall class
- Not yet classified by the FDA
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated by the company
- Jul 23, 2010
- Posted by the FDA
- Oct 21, 2010
- Recalling firm
- Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Inc.
- Quantity
- 82
- Product code
- JJE
- FDA submissions
- K051087
- Distribution
- Worldwide Distribution - USA including AZ, CA, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OR, PA, TX, VA, WA, WI, and WY and the country of Canada.
Product description
EasyLink Informatics Systems QCFIRST Custom Rule The EasyLink Informatics System is classified as a data calculator and processing module for use with In-vitro diagnostic devices. The EasyLink is included with the Dimension Vista System (K051087), and may be used with other Siemens analyzers, as a communications and connectivity workstation for integration with laboratory information system (LIS) networks.
Code information (models, lots, serial numbers)
Part # 1000034805
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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