FDA recall Z-1514-2020

Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Inc. · Class II · device

Product

IMMULITE 2000 Systems E2 Estradiol Catalog #: US: L2KE22(D) (200 tests) and L2KE26(D) (600 tests) and OUS: L2KE22 (200 tests), L2KE26 (600 tests) - Product Usage: For in vitro diagnostic use with the IMMULITE systems Analyzers for the quantitative measurement of estradiol in serum, as an aid in the diagnosis and treatment of various sexual disorders.

Reason for recall

Due to high discordant Estradiol results which.potentially affects all patient populations, A falsely elevated estradiol level could lead a clinician to misinterpret a patient as pre-menopausal when truly post- menopausal. This may lead to delayed initiation of a potentially beneficial drug and/or administration of an unnecessary drug in the treatment for hormone receptor positive advanced or metastatic breast cancer.

Distribution

Worldwide distribution - US Nationwide in the states of AL, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, NC, ND, NE, NJ, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI. SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, WY, and countries of AE, AF, AL, AO, AR, AT, AU, AZ, BD, BE, BO, BG, BH, BR, CA, CH, CO, CL, CN, CO, CR, CY, DE, DO, DZ, EE, EG, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, GT, HK, HN, HR, HU, IE, IN, IR, IS, IT, IQ, JO, KE, KR, LB, LT, LV, LY, ME, MK, MX, NL, NO, PA, PE, PH, PK, PL, PS, PT, PY, QA, RO, RU, SA, SE, SK, SL, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TW, UA, UY, UZ, VE, VN, XK, XS, ZA

Key facts

Status
Terminated
Initiation date
2020-02-05
Report date
2020-03-25
Termination date
2021-11-18
Voluntary/Mandated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Location
Tarrytown, NY, United States

Primary source

https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/ires/index.cfm?Product=Z-1514-2020