Database updated: 27 October 2026
Safety Information
Medsafe Online Recall Database
Detail of Recall
| Type of Product: | Device |
| Medsafe Reference: | 14103 |
| Brand Name: | Siemens Advia Alkaline Phosphatase (ALPAMP and ALPDEA) Reagent Kits |
| Model: | Catalogue Numbers: 03035814 and 03036535 |
| Affected: | Lots: 255406, 260121, and 255465 |
| Software version: | |
| Recalling Organisation: | Siemens Healthcare (NZ) Ltd Millennium Centre, Part Level 2, Building A 600 Great South Road Ellerslie AUCKLAND 1051 |
| Contact Information: | 0800 310 300 |
| Manufacturer: | Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc |
| Issue: | Manufacturer confirms that these lots demonstrate an increased incidence of absorbance flags (u, U) and //// errors. Absorbance flags u and U indicate abnormal high absorbance exceeding either the blank or sample limit. Absorbance flag //// indicates a calculation error and no result is generated by the system. |
| Recall action type: | Recall |
| Recall action: | Product to be destroyed |
| Level of recall: | Hospital/Pharmacy/Laboratory |
| Date Commenced: | 16/1/2013 |
