Events

Recall of UNICEL DXH 800 COULTER CELLULAR ANALYSIS SYSTEM

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
    37585
  • Event Risk Class
    III
  • Event Initiated Date
    2015-06-23
  • 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
    Beckman coulter has confirmed low recovery values for reticulocytes may be generated from the unicel dxh 800 coulter cellular analysis system due to intermittent high electrical noise on the upper median angle light scatter (umal) produced by the volume conductivity scatter and multiple angle (vcsn) preamp board assembly part number (pn) b48187. the electrical noise produced by the vcsn preamp board assembly is greater than the instrument specification of 3.000 millivolt root mean square (mv rms).

Device

UNICEL DXH 800 COULTER CELLULAR ANALYSIS SYSTEM
  • Model / Serial
    Model Catalog: B24802 (Lot serial: S/N: AY19259); Model Catalog: B24802 (Lot serial: S/N: AY19258)
  • Product Description
    UNICEL DXH 800 COULTER CELLULAR ANALYSIS SYSTEM
  • Manufacturer
    BECKMAN COULTER CANADA L.P.

Manufacturer

BECKMAN COULTER CANADA L.P.