Recall Z-1741-2020
Beckman Coulter Inc. · initiated May 17, 2019
Class II – products that might cause a temporary health problem or pose a slight threat of a serious nature
Product
Beckman Coulter Power Express Sample Processing System AU5800XL connection unit, catalog #B36351; and Power Express Dynamic Inlet, catalog B36352.
Codes / lots: All serial numbers installed before 5/20/2019: Serials numbers in the U.S.: PW211409002, PW211501005, PW211501006, PW211501007, PW211501008, PW211501013, PW211505001, PW211508003, PW211509002, PW211510001, PW211510002, PW211511001, PW211511002, PW211511003, PW211511005, PW211512001, PW211601001, PW211601002, PW211602002, PW211602003, PW211602004, PW211603001, PW211603002, PW211603003, PW211604001, PW211604002, PW211604005, PW211604006, PW211604009, PW211604010, PW211605001, PW211605002, PW211605004, PW211605005, PW211605006, PW211605007, PW211606005, PW211606007, PW211607001, PW211607004, PW211607005, PW211607009, PW211607017, PW211607018, PW211608001, PW211608006, PW211610002, PW211610006, PW211610007, PW211610008, PW211610011, PW211611001, PW211611002, PW211611003, PW211611004, PW211611005, PW211612003, PW211612006, PW211612007, PW211612008, PW211612010, PW211612013, PW211701001, PW211701010, PW211701013, PW211703004, PW211706008, PW211706009, PW211707005, PW211707006, PW211707007, PW211707009, PW211707011, PW211707012, PW211708008, PW211708009, PW211708010, PW211709004, PW211709011, PW211710001, PW211710009, PW211710010, PW211710012, PW211711002, PW211711004, PW211711007…
Reason for recall
Potential exposure to biohazard. Software design problem causes excess speed and vibrations in the unload arm movement which causes caused sample splashing.
FDA-determined cause: Software design
Action taken
The recalling firm issued letters dated 5/8/2019 on 5/17/2019 informing the customers of the issue and that a spilled sample could lead to exposure of biohazardous material and that a software update would be made by their field service engineers at the next service call.
Details
- Recall number
- Z-1741-2020
- Initiated
- May 17, 2019
- Terminated
- March 11, 2022
- Product code
- JJE – Analyzer, Chemistry (Photometric, Discrete), For Clinical Use
- Quantity
- 291 units
- Distribution
- Distribution was made to AL, CA, CO, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, LA, MA, MD, MI, NC, ND, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, SD, TN, TX, and WA. There was government distribution and no military distribution. Foreign distribution was made to Argentina, Australia, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Germany, India, Italy, Republic of Korea, Kuwait, Malaysia, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Spain…
- Recalling firm
- Beckman Coulter Inc., Brea, CA