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Safety Alert for automated equipment for immunochemical analysis

According to National Institute of Drugs and Food Surveillance (INVIMA), this safety alert involved a device in Colombia that was produced by Beckman Coulter Inc..

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Alerts provide important information and recommendations about products. Even though an alert has been issued, it does not necessarily mean a product is considered to be unsafe. Safety Alerts, addressed to health workers and users, may include recalls. They can be written by manufacturers, but also by health officials.

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  • Type of Event
    Safety alert
  • Event ID
    I1409-372
  • Event Number
    2010DM-0005321
  • Date
    2014-09-19
  • Event Country
    Colombia
  • Event Source
    INVIMA
  • Event Source URL
    https://app.invima.gov.co/alertas/dispositivos-medicos-invima?page=196
  • Notes / Alerts
    Colombian data is current through June 2019. All of the data comes from the National Institute of Drugs and Food Surveillance (INVIMA), 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 Colombia.
  • Extra notes in the data
  • Reason
    The manufacturer states that if the aforementioned systems are of recent manufacture and / or have recently been revised, they may contain a nonconforming sample of the cables belonging to the test probes, which may cause a delay in reporting the results; cause errors of the level senses and prevent the start of testing or cancellation automatically, which can lead to potentially delays in patient care.

Device

automated equipment for immunochemical analysis
  • Model / Serial
    600, 800, UniCel DxC, DxC 660i, DxC 680i, DxC 860i, 880i
  • Product Description
    Automated equipment for IN VITRO Immunochemical analysis in a clinical laboratory.
  • Manufacturer
    Beckman Coulter Inc.

Manufacturer

Beckman Coulter Inc.