FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

AU2701-02 CLINICAL CHEMISTRY ANALYZER

MDR report key: 1887081 · Received November 1, 2010

Report

Report Number
2050012-2010-01155
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
November 1, 2010
Date of Event
September 2, 2010
Report Date
November 1, 2010
Manufacturer
BECKMAN COULTER MISHIMAK.K.
Product Code
JJE
PMA / PMN Number
K002982
Removal / Correction Number
N/A
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
MA, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

A FIELD SERVICE ENGINEER (FSE) WAS DISPATCHED ON (B)(4) 2010 AND FOUND FOAM IN THE REAGENTS AND SOME OF IT COATED ONE OF THE REAGENT PROBES. THE REAGENTS WERE CLEARED AND THE PROBES WERE SONICATED. THE FSE INSPECTED ALL SYRINGES, PERFORMED CALIBRATION AND QC, CALIBRATION VERIFICATION, AND PRECISION TEST. SYSTEM PERFORMED ACCORDING TO SPECIFICATIONS. THIS EVENT IS DUE TO IMPROPER HANDLING OF THE PHOSPHORUS REAGENT. THE CUSTOMER DISCOVERED ONE OF THE SAMPLE PROBES WERE LEAKING, WHICH WAS CORRECTED BY THE FSE.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

A CUSTOMER CONTACTED BECKMAN COULTER INC. (BCI) IN REGARDS TO PRODUCING AN ERRONEOUS INORGANIC PHOSPHORUS (P) RESULT GENERATED BY THE AU2701-02 CHEMISTRY ANALYZER. THE ERRONEOUS RESULT WAS REPORTED OUT OF THE LABORATORY. IT IS UNKNOWN WHETHER PATIENT WAS AFFECTED BY THIS EVENT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 AU2701-02 CLINICAL CHEMISTRY ANALYZER CLINICAL CHEMISTRY ANALYZER JJE BECKMAN COULTER MISHIMAK.K. AU2701-02 N/A

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1