FDA recall Z-1653-2018

Product

Dimension Creatine Kinase MB (MBI) assay (Product Number: DF32/10464510) (Mfr: Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Newark, DE)

Reason for recall

Various assays used to measure different chemical levels in blood, urine, or cerebrospinal fluid may interfere with the drugs sulfasalazine and/or sulfapyridine causing falsely elevated or falsely depressed results.

Distribution

Distributed in all 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico. Distributed in 108 foreign countries: Afghanistan Bolivia Albania¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Algeria¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Angola ARGENTINA Armenia AUSTRALIA Austria¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Bangladesh¿¿¿¿¿ Belarus¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Belgium¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Bosnia¿Herzeg.¿ Brazil Bulgaria¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Cambodia Canada Canary islands Chile China Colombia Costa Rica Croatia¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Cyprus¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Czech¿Republic¿ Denmark¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Ecuador Egypt¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ El Salavador Estonia¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Finland¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ France¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Georgia Germany¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Greece¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Guatemala Honduras Hong Kong Hungary¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Iceland India Indonesia Iraq Ireland¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Israel¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Italy¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ japan Jordan Kazakhstan¿¿¿¿¿ Korea Kuwait Latvia¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Lebanon Lithuania¿¿¿¿¿¿ Luxembour

Key facts

Status

Terminated

Initiation date

2017-06-29

Report date

2018-05-16

Termination date

2020-04-23

Voluntary/Mandated

Voluntary: Firm initiated

Location

Tarrytown, NY, United States

Primary source

https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/ires/index.cfm?Product=Z-1653-2018