ADVIA Centaur CA 19-9 Assay
Medical device recall Z-0613-2017. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Nov 23, 2016.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Nov 23, 2016. Copied from openFDA on Oct 20, 2026.
- Class II FDA’s class
- Terminated its status, in FDA’s file
- Nationwide FDA’s word for where it went
- 30,222 kits how much, in FDA’s words
Every line below is in FDA’s own words, with its source beside it. FDA’s terms are explained in FDA’s own words.
How serious is it, by FDA’s class?
Class II, the middle of FDA’s three classes.
“Products that might cause a temporary health problem, or pose only a slight threat of a serious nature. Example: a drug that is under-strength but that is not used to treat life-threatening situations.”
openFDA, in plain words, its enforcement report fields.
“Class II is a situation in which use of, or exposure to, a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote.”
FDA’s rule, 21 CFR 7.3(m)(2), eCFR.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
What’s wrong with it?
CA 19-9 assay on the ADVIA Centaur CP does not meet the correlation to the CA 19-9 assay on the ADVIA Centaur/XP/XPT systems as stated in the Instructions for Use.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
ADVIA Centaur CA 19-9 Assay (250 test kit)-for use,with the ADVIA Centaur and ADVIA Centaur XP, ADVIA Centaur XPT and ADVIA Centaur CP systems. Siemens Material Number(SMN): 10491244 In the 510(k) database the CA 19-9 assay is not CLIA categorized on the ADVIA Centaur XPT instrument. Siemens stated that the assay is being marketed on the XPT following FDAs Reagent Replacement Policy. Siemens plans to request CLIA Categorization for the CA19-9 assay on XPT the week of 11/21/2016.
30,222 kits, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
Kit lots ending in: 380 Exp Date 2016-10-21; 382/ 2017-01-09; 384 2017-02-06; 386 2017-03-24 ; 388 2017-05-14 ; 390 2017-06-12 . And all future lots until the issue is resolved. Siemens will also include a notecard in future lots of reagents referring customers to the communications.
Copied exactly as FDA lists them: lot and serial numbers, dates and other codes on the product or its label.
Where did it go?
FDA’s words for the “general area of initial distribution”: where the firm first shipped it.
Nationwide Foreign: Albania, Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, French Polynesia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Guadeloupe, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malaysia, Malta, Martinique, Mexico, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Slovakia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Vatican City, Vietnam
These words name no state.
What FDA means by nationwide
“The term “nationwide” is defined to mean the fifty states or a significant portion. Note that subsequent distribution by the consignees to other parties may not be included.”
openFDA, its enforcement report fields.
The words say it went outside the United States too.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
Is it still going on?
Terminated, in FDA’s file.
“FDA has determined that all reasonable efforts have been made to remove or correct the violative product in accordance with the recall strategy, and proper disposition has been made according to the degree of hazard.”
openFDA, on “Terminated”, its enforcement report fields.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
- The firm began the recall on Oct 19, 2016.
- FDA classified it on Nov 17, 2016.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Nov 23, 2016.
- FDA terminated it on Mar 2, 2023.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Inc, of East Walpole, MA.
- Who began it, in FDA’s words: Voluntary: Firm initiated.
- How the firm first told its customers: Letter.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
What this record can’t tell you
- Whether your own one is affected: compare the codes, dates and numbers above with yours. When unsure, ask the firm or the store.
- Where it went after the firm’s first shipments. FDA’s words cover the firm’s initial distribution, and, in FDA’s words, “subsequent distribution by the consignees to other parties may not be included.”
- How many have been returned, corrected or destroyed: FDA’s report doesn’t say.
- Whether anyone was hurt or fell ill: the report doesn’t say.
- How current it is: openFDA publishes FDA’s Enforcement Report weekly, after FDA does, and a firm can announce a recall weeks before it appears there. openFDA’s own caution: “This data should not be used as a method to collect data to issue alerts to the public, nor should it be used to track the lifecycle of a recall.”
- A product with no recall here isn’t safe by that: FDA’s report lists the recalls FDA classified, and when.
Hearth Record wrote these lines; the quotations are FDA’s.
Sources
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U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Device recall enforcement reports.
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