Siemens Healthcare Caps for capillary 50/60 uL, Package count 200 For use with blood collection Multicap glass and Multicap-S plastic capillaries SMN: 10328655 Legacy Part number: 478527
- Recall Initiated
- January 22, 2015
- Posted
- March 6, 2015
- Terminated
- April 13, 2016
- Recall Number
- Z-1258-2015
- Quantity
- 6184
- Firm Location
- Norwood, MA
Reason for Recall
Capillary Caps for RAPIDLyte Multicap and Multicap-S Blood Collection Capillaries may not attach and result in breakage of the glass capillary
Distribution
Worldwide Distribution. US Nationwide, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Canada, Colombia, Croatia, Curacao, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, United Arab Emirates.
Lot / Code Info
All lot codes
Root Cause
Nonconforming Material/Component
Action Taken
Siemens Healthcare issued an Urgent Field Safety Notice via e-mail to affected Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Regional offices on January 22, 2015 both in the United States and elsewhere for communication with affected customers. Siemens advises customers to use caution when applying the Capillary Caps with Siemens Multicap glass and Multicap-S plastic capillaries to minimize the potential for breakage or bending.