syngo Lab Data Manager System - Product Usage: syngo Lab Data Manager is a clinical system that assists medical laboratory professions with pre-analytic and post-analytic functions. It works in conjunction with multiple instruments, the laboratory information system (LIS) and the Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Data Center. It supports the Siemens analyzers through delivery of applications and connectivity features.

Recall Insight

This FDA Devices action (record #Z-1195-2019) was formally reported on April 24, 2019, with the manufacturer initiating the action on August 26, 2015. It is classified under Moderate severity (Class II), with a current status of Terminated. Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Inc. is listed as the recalling firm, operating out of Newark, DE. Federal records indicate 449 systems units are affected.

The documented reason for this recall is: Software Issues. Distribution data in the federal record shows the product reached: Worldwide distribution - US Nationwide and countries of Japan, Germany, Belgium, France, Italy, Slovakia, Bahamas, United Kingdom and Mexico.. Distribution scope directly affects the consumer exposure window and determines whether a recall remains regional or escalates into a nationwide advisory.

To put this record in context, PlainRecalls indexes 83,949 recalls across the FDA, CPSC, NHTSA and USDA FSIS going back to 1995. Within the same product category, the database holds 6 closely related recalls, of which 6 were also issued by FDA Devices. That clustering is a signal — repeated actions in a narrow category often indicate a systemic quality-control issue, a supplier-wide contamination, or a design defect that has propagated across product lines. This recall is roughly 7 years old; older recalls can remain relevant because many units enter resale, rental, and secondary-market channels where the original warning never reaches the end user. Always cross-check the recall number against the official agency page before relying on any summary.