FACSLyric Flow Cytometer (2019-08-21)

Starting date:

August 21, 2019

Posting date:

October 3, 2019

Type of communication:

Medical Device Recall

Subcategory:

Medical Device

Hazard classification:

Type II

Source of recall:

Health Canada

Issue:

Medical Devices

Audience:

General Public, Healthcare Professionals, Hospitals

Identification number:

RA-71115

Last updated: 2019-10-03

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  Reason
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  Affected products

Affected Products

FACSLyric Flow Cytometer

Reason

BD has confirmed that someBD FACSLyric flow cytometers experience higher than expected absolute counts when using BD Trucount tubes. Excessive electronic abort counts may affect the ratio of cell population events to bead events, potentially resulting in a falsely high absolute count.

Affected products