The Recall Desk

Hazard

Positive Bias recalls

4 recalls in our database tag this hazard, drawn from FDA, USDA FSIS, CPSC, and NHTSA source notices.

What the numbers show

Total
4
Critical
0
Severe
1
Most recent
2025-06-04

Of the 4 positive bias recalls we have scored against our rubric, 0 (0%) are Critical — deaths or serious injuries reported, or the agency’s own highest classification — and 1 (25%) are Severe.

About this hazard tag

Hazard tags are short, machine-readable labels we attach to every recall to make cross-cutting queries possible — “all positive bias recalls regardless of agency”, “all listeria recalls in California”, “all airbag recalls in 2025”. The tags are extracted from each recall’s source text during the LLM rewrite step and validated against a fixed schema.

A recall can carry multiple tags — a Listeria recall might also be tagged ready-to-eat and undeclared-allergen. Use the full-text search if you want to combine hazard tags with brand or category filters.

1–4 of 4

  • ModerateFDA (Devices)·Z-1821-2025·2025-06-04

    Atellica IM Homocysteine Calibrator recalled for assay instability

    Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics is recalling certain lots of Atellica IM Homocysteine Calibrator because calibrator instability causes increased positive bias and does not meet the assay reference interval requirements.

    Product
    Atellica IM Homocysteine Calibrator (2 Pack). Siemens Material Number: 10995498
    Category
    Medical Device
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • HighFDA (Devices)·Z-3304-2024·2024-10-09

    ADVIA Centaur aTPO Assay kits recalled due to positive result bias

    Siemens Healthcare is recalling 5,622 ADVIA Centaur aTPO Assay kits due to test accuracy issues. The affected lots produce results that are biased higher at and below the 60 U/mL threshold.

    Product
    ADVIA Centaur aTPO Assay, Material Number 10630886 (100 Test) and 10630887 (500 Test)
    Category
    Medical Device
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • SevereFDA (Devices)·Z-2965-2020·2020-09-23

    Randox Ammonia Reagent Recall Due to Positive Bias in Patient Samples

    Randox Laboratories is recalling 143 kits of AM1015 Ammonia reagents due to a positive bias of up to 140 µmol/L observed in patient samples.

    Product
    AM1015 Randox Ammonia (NH3), Enzymatic UV Method For the quantitative in vitro determination of Ammonia in plasma
    Category
    Medical Device
    Distribution
    3 states
  • ModerateFDA (Devices)·Z-1536-2020·2020-04-01

    Siemens Atellica CH Direct Bilirubin Assay Recalled for Positive Bias

    Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics is recalling Atellica CH Direct Bilirubin assays because they may show inaccurate results for patients taking eltrombopag.

    Product
    Atellica CH Direct Bilirubin_2 assay In vitro Diagnostic for the determination of direct bilirubin SMN: 11097532 - Product Usage: ADVIA DBIL_ 2 is for in vitro diagnostic use in the quantitative determination of direct bilirubin in human serum and plasma on the ADVIA¿ Chemistry
    Category
    Medical Device
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide