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Health product recall

UNICEL DXH 800 COULTER CELLULAR ANALYSIS SYSTEM (2015-06-23

Starting date:
June 23, 2015
Posting date:
July 17, 2015
Type of communication:
Medical Device Recall
Subcategory:
Medical Device
Hazard classification:
Type III
Source of recall:
Health Canada
Issue:
Medical Devices
Audience:
General Public, Healthcare Professionals, Hospitals
Identification number:
RA-54226

Affected Products

A. UNICEL DXH 800 COULTER CELLULAR ANALYSIS SYSTEM

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).

Affected products

A. UNICEL DXH 800 COULTER CELLULAR ANALYSIS SYSTEM

 

Lot or serial number

S/N: AY19258

S/N: AY19259

Model or catalog number

B24802

Companies
Manufacturer

Beckman Coulter

Inc.

250 S. Kraemer Blvd.

California

UNITED STATES