The Health Service Executive is reviewing the results of prostate cancer tests on 162 patients who used a diagnostic kit that has since been recalled.
The Siemens-made testing kit was used at Dublin's Connolly Hospital to detect the risk of prostate cancer.
The kit has been recalled after doubts over the reliability of test results.
The HSE told RTÉ that the kits were used at Connolly Hospital between February 2013 and June 2013, and during those dates, 2,186 patients were tested.
Of these patients, 162 received a result that may have indicated a need for further investigation.
The kits are used to measure PSA, a protein found in blood.
A high level of PSA may indicate the presence of prostate cancer, among other things.
There are recognised norms for these tests.
In June of this year one of the diagnostic kits manufactured by Siemens, the IMMULITE PSA range, was recalled, after it returned average readings of around 20-23% higher than normally expected.
In a statement to RTÉ Siemens said the higher than normal results may impact on the clinical interpretation of test results.
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