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
    67622
  • Event Risk Class
    III
  • Event Initiated Date
    2012-09-26
  • Event Country
  • 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 inc. (bec) has identified the following issue with the product listed in section a: the dxh 800 systems with software revision 2.0.0.1 transmits a fixed date/time field (december 30 1899) and an empty serial number field in the ret# string for 1)retic-x and 2) patient controls analyzed using "retic" as the test type.

Device

  • Model / Serial
    Model Catalog: 629029 (Lot serial: > 10 numbers contact mfg)
  • Product Description
    UNICEL DXH 800 COULTER CELLULAR ANALYSIS SYSTEM WITH SOFTWARE REVISION 2.0.0.1
  • Manufacturer

Manufacturer