FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

SYNCHRON® LX20 PRO CLINICAL SYSTEM

MDR report key: 2216767 · Received August 18, 2011

Report

Report Number
2050012-2011-04620
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
August 18, 2011
Date of Event
July 20, 2011
Report Date
July 20, 2011
Manufacturer
BECKMAN COULTER, INC.
Product Code
JJE
PMA / PMN Number
K011213
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
PA, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

ON (B)(4) 2011, BEC FIELD SERVICE ENGINEER (FSE) PERFORMED SERVICE ON THE INSTRUMENT. THE FSE FOUND THE ODC (OBSTRUCTION DETECTION AND CORRECTION) LEAKING FROM THE BOTTOM DUE TO BROKEN SEALS. THE FSE REPLACED ODC ASSEMBLY AND CALIBRATED. THE FSE PERFORMED PROBE ALIGNMENT. MC CHEMISTRIES WERE CALIBRATED AND QC WAS RUN. ALL RESULTS PASSED THE SPECIFICATIONS. THE FSE VERIFIED REPAIR PER ESTABLISHED PROCEDURES. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

A CUSTOMER REPORTED TO BECKMAN COULTER, INC. (BEC) THAT MODULAR CHEMISTRY (MC) SAMPLE PROBE ON SYNCHRON LX20 PRO CLINICAL SYSTEM WAS SPRAYING LIQUID. THE CUSTOMER USED PPE TO CLEAN THE AREA. MSDS WAS NOT REVIEWED, BUT THE FACILITY HAS AN EXPOSURE CONTROL PLAN. THE OPERATOR DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION AND THERE WAS NO EFFECT TO PATIENT OR USER.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 SYNCHRON® LX20 PRO CLINICAL SYSTEM ANALYZER, CHEMISTRY (PHOTOMETRIC, DISCRETE), FOR CLINICAL USE JJE BECKMAN COULTER, INC. LX20 PRO NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1