FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

UNICEL® DXC 600 PRO SYNCHRON® CHEMISTRY ANALYZER

MDR report key: 1962188 · Received January 17, 2011

Report

Report Number
2050012-2011-00174
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
January 17, 2011
Date of Event
December 17, 2010
Report Date
December 20, 2010
Manufacturer
BECKMAN COULTER INC.
Product Code
JJE
PMA / PMN Number
K042291
Removal / Correction Number
N/A
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
KS, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE CUSTOMER INDICATED THAT THE ISSUE USUALLY OCCURS ON THE DAY THAT ISE MAINTENANCE IS PERFORMED. A FIELD SERVICE ENGINEER (FSE) WAS DISPATCHED FOR THIS EVENT AND REPLACED THE ISE WASH COLLAR AND THE CALIBRATOR TIP. THE FSE ALSO CLEANED THE FLOWCELL, THE ELECTROLYTE INJECTION CUP (EIC) ASSEMBLY, AND CHANGED THE COLLAR WASH. THE FSE THEN FLUSHED THE MODULAR CHEMISTRY (MC) SAMPLE PROBE AND REPLACED THE CALCIUM TIP.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

A CUSTOMER CONTACTED BECKMAN COULTER INC. (BCI) IN REGARDS TO RECOVERING LOW SODIUM (NA) PATIENT RESULTS AS WELL AS LOW NA QC RESULTS THAT WERE GENERATED BY THE UNICEL DXC 600 PRO SYNCHRON CHEMISTRY ANALYZER. NO ERRONEOUS RESULTS WERE REPORTED OUT OF THE LABORATORY. PATIENT TREATMENT WAS NOT IMPACTED IN THIS EVENT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 UNICEL® DXC 600 PRO SYNCHRON® CHEMISTRY ANALYZER CLINICAL CHEMISTRY ANALYZER JJE BECKMAN COULTER INC. DXC 600 PRO N/A

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1