FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

ACCESS WASH BUFFER II SOLUTION

MDR report key: 2307292 · Received October 25, 2011

Report

Report Number
2122870-2011-04834
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
October 25, 2011
Date of Event
October 9, 2011
Report Date
October 9, 2011
Manufacturer
BECKMAN COULTER, INC.
Product Code
LDT
PMA / PMN Number
EXEMPT
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CH
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

SERVICE WAS NOT DISPATCHED TO THE SITE FOR THIS EVENT. BECKMAN COULTER INC. ASSESSMENT OF THE SUPPLIED PHOTOS SUPPORT A POSSIBLE CAUSE OF A BOTTOM SIDE SEAM STRESS CRACK DEVELOPING OVER TIME, HOWEVER COULD NOT DEFINITIVELY IDENTIFY THE CAUSE OF THE LEAK. A DEFINITIVE ROOT CAUSE FOR THIS EVENT HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED TO DATE.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

A BECKMAN COULTER INC. EMPLOYEE REPORTED THAT ON (B)(6) 2011 THREE LEAKING CUBETAINERS OF ACCESS WASH BUFFER II SOLUTION WERE OBSERVED. IT IS UNKNOWN AS TO WHETHER PERSONNEL HANDLING THE CUBETAINER WERE WEARING PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT HOWEVER, THERE WAS NO REPORT OF ANY PERSONNEL SEEKING MEDICAL ATTENTION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS EVENT. THE AMOUNT OF LEAKAGE FOR THIS EVENT COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. ALTHOUGH THE FLUID VOLUME OF AN ACCESS WASH BUFFER II CUBETAINER IS THEORETICALLY SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH TO CAUSE A SLIPPING HAZARD IF IT IS SPILLED, THERE WERE NO REPORTS OF DEATH, SERIOUS INJURY OR MODIFICATION TO PATIENT TREATMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS EVENT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 ACCESS WASH BUFFER II SOLUTION REAGENT, GENERAL PURPOSE LDT BECKMAN COULTER, INC. NA 331917F

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1