Events

Recall of SYNCHRON CX4 SYSTEM ANALYZER - CLASS 2

According to Health Canada (via FOI), this recall involved a device in Canada that was produced by BECKMAN COULTER CANADA L.P..

What is this?

A correction or removal action taken by a manufacturer to address a problem with a medical device. Recalls occur when a medical device is defective, when it could be a risk to health, or when it is both defective and a risk to health.

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  • Type of Event
    Recall
  • Event ID
    22218
  • Event Risk Class
    III
  • Event Initiated Date
    2008-02-06
  • Event Country
    Canada
  • Event Source
    HC
  • Notes / Alerts
    Canadian data is current through March 2018. All of the data comes from Health Canada, except for the categories Manufacturer Parent Company and Product Classification.
    The Parent Company and the Product Classification were added by ICIJ.
    The parent company information is based on 2017 public records. The device classification information comes from FDA’s Product Classification by Review Panel, based on matches of recall data from the U.S. and Canada.
  • Extra notes in the data
  • Reason
    Urine results for cr-s & crts assays correctly reported as umol/l instead of mmol/l. calculated time urine results are correct as umol/time but doesn't agree with reference ranges established as mmol/time.

Device

SYNCHRON CX4 SYSTEM ANALYZER - CLASS 2
  • Model / Serial
    Model Catalog: A40920 (Lot serial: contact manufacturer); Model Catalog: 758300 (Lot serial: contact manufacturer); Model Catalog: 468233 (Lot serial: contact manufacturer); Model Catalog: A37767 (Lot serial: contact manufacturer); Model Catalog: 448700 (Lot serial: contact manufacturer); Model Catalog: 756600 (Lot serial: contact manufacturer); Model Catalog: 468247 (Lot serial: >10); Model Catalog: A40920 (Lot serial: >10 numbers contact); Model Catalog: 756602 (Lot serial: >10 numbers contact); Model Catalog: 468247 (Lot serial: >10 numbers contact); Model Catalog: 756602 (Lot serial: contact manufacturer); Model Catalog: 468247 (Lot serial: contact manufacturer); Model Catalog: A40920 (Lot serial: >10 numbers); Model Catalog: 756602 (Lot serial: >10 numbers); Model Catalog: 468247 (Lot serial: >10 numbers); Model Catalog: A40920 (Lot serial: manufacturer); Model Catalog: 756602 (Lot serial: manufacturer); Model Catalog: 468247 (Lot serial: manufacturer); Model Catalog: A40920 (Lot serial: numbers); Model
  • Product Description
    SYNCHRON CX4 SYSTEM ANALYZER- CLASS 2
  • Manufacturer
    BECKMAN COULTER CANADA L.P.

Manufacturer

BECKMAN COULTER CANADA L.P.