FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

UNICEL® DXC 800 PRO SYNCHRON® CHEMISTRY ANALYZER.

MDR report key: 2060456 · Received April 18, 2011

Report

Report Number
2050012-2011-01199
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
April 18, 2011
Date of Event
March 18, 2011
Report Date
March 18, 2011
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
NV, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE SAMPLE WAS SERUM, NO SAMPLE ISSUES WERE NOTED. QC HAS BEEN ACCEPTABLE. A REVIEW OF QC AND CALIBRATIONS IN PROSERVICE DID NOT REVEAL ANY OBVIOUS ISSUES. ON (B)(6) 2011, SERVICE INSTRUCTED THE CUSTOMER TO RUN A LOW LEVEL PRECISION RUN. NO SERVICE VISIT WAS NEEDED; THE ISSUE WAS RESOLVED BY THE CUSTOMER RECALIBRATING THE SYSTEM.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

A CUSTOMER CONTACTED BECKMAN COULTER INC. (BCI) TO REPORT ERRONEOUS LOW TOTAL BILIRUBIN (TBIL) RESULTS GENERATED ON THE UNICEL DXC 800 PRO SYNCHRON CHEMISTRY ANALYZER UNITS. THE RESULTS WERE NOT REPORTED OUT OF THE LABORATORY. THE SAMPLE WAS REPEATED AND HIGHER RESULT WAS OBTAINED. PATIENT TREATMENT WAS NOT IMPACTED BY THIS EVENT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 UNICEL® DXC 800 PRO SYNCHRON® CHEMISTRY ANALYZER. CLINICAL CHEMISTRY ANALYZER, JJE BECKMAN COULTER INC. DXC800 PRO N/A

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1