ADVIA Centaur Systems TSH3 Ultra , Ready Pack, 500 test
Medical device recall Z-1654-2014. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Jun 4, 2014.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Jun 4, 2014. 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
- 155,345 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?
Samples containing fluorescein may show interference with the ADVIA Centaur¿ Systems TSH3 Ultra, Vitamin D and the ADVIA Centaur BRAHMS Procalcitonin assays.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
ADVIA Centaur Systems TSH3 Ultra , Ready Pack, 500 test Catalog Number: 06491080; Siemens Material Number: 10282379. Intended for the invitro diagnostic use in quantitative determination of various assays on the ADVIA Centaur and ADVIA Centaur XP analyzers.
155,345 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/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
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.
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.
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 Apr 10, 2014.
- FDA classified it on May 23, 2014.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Jun 4, 2014.
- FDA terminated it on May 27, 2016.
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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