Database updated: 27 October 2026
Safety Information
Medsafe Online Recall Database
Detail of Recall
| Type of Product: | Device |
| Medsafe Reference: | 21235 |
| Brand Name: | ADVIA Centaur BR assay (50 tests) and (250 test) |
| Model: | |
| Affected: | Catalogue numbers – 10333349 and 10334837 |
| 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: | The manufacturer has confirmed the potential for the ADVIA Centaur Syphilis assay to interfere with the BR (CA 27.29) assay on the ADVIA Centaur Systems. This interference only occurs when the Syphilis assay immediately precedes the BR assay on the ADVIA Centaur, ADVIA Centaur XP or ADVIA Centaur XPT systems. The ADVIA Centaur CP system is not impacted. |
| Recall action type: | Correction |
| Recall action: | Manufacturer to issue advice regarding use |
| Level of recall: | Wholesale |
| Date Commenced: | 17/3/2017 |
