Recall of AQUIOS CL Flow Cytometry System

According to New Zealand Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority, this recall involved a device in New Zealand that was produced by Beckman Coulter Inc.

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
    21866
  • Event Initiated Date
    2017-08-22
  • Event Country
  • Event Source
    NZMMDSA
  • Event Source URL
  • Notes / Alerts
    Data from New Zealand is current through July 2018. All of the data comes from the New Zealand Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority, 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 New Zealand.
  • Extra notes in the data
    Recalling Organisation: Beckman Coulter NZ Ltd, Suite 2, Level 4, 30 St Benedicts Street, Newton, AUCKLAND
  • Reason
    The manufacturer has learned that an erroneous configuration setting during servicing may be possible on the aquios cl instruments. if the incorrect configuration occurs, the probe may aspirate samples only from a single tube and will not aspirate samples from the remaining tubes in the cassette.
  • Action
    Manufacturer to issue advice regarding use

Device

  • Model / Serial
    Model: , Affected: Aquios CL flow Cytometry system
  • Manufacturer

Manufacturer