FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

UNICEL DXC 600I SYNCHRON ACCESS CLINICAL SYSTEM

MDR report key: 2339893 · Received November 17, 2011

Report

Report Number
2050012-2011-07475
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
November 17, 2011
Date of Event
October 17, 2011
Report Date
October 17, 2011
Manufacturer
BECKMAN COULTER, INC.
Product Code
JJE
PMA / PMN Number
K060256
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CA, US
Reporter Occupation
HEALTH PROFESSIONAL

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE BECKMAN COULTER, INC. IDENTIFIER FOR THIS REPORT IS (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

CUSTOMER CALLED TO REPORT THAT MICRO TOTAL PROTEIN (MTP) REAGENT FAILED CALIBRATION ON THE UNICEL DXC 600I SYNCHRON ACCESS CLINICAL SYSTEM. CUSTOMER STATED THAT REAGENT PROBE B WAS FOUND TO BE LEAKING ON THE REAGENT TRAY ABOVE THE REAGENT WHEEL DURING TROUBLESHOOTING. CUSTOMER STATED THAT THE INSTRUMENT WAS STOPPED, AND THAT THE PROBE WAS NOT LEAKING WHILE THE INSTRUMENT WAS IN STOP MODE. CUSTOMER STATED THAT NO PATIENT SAMPLES OR RESULTS WERE AFFECTED, AND THAT NO ONE WAS EXPOSED TO OR HARMED BY THE INSTRUMENT LEAK. THE CUSTOMER TECHNICAL SPECIALIST (CTS) ASSISTED CUSTOMER WITH TROUBLESHOOTING THE INSTRUMENT, AFTER WHICH A SERVICE REQUEST WAS GENERATED. ON THE SAME DAY, THE FIELD SERVICE ENGINEER (FSE) INSPECTED THE INSTRUMENT AND FOUND NO LEAKING DURING SYSTEM PRIMING. AFTER HEARING A LOW VACUUM SOUND, THE FSE REPLACED THE WASTE VALVE. THE FSE THEN VERIFIED INSTRUMENT PERFORMANCE TO ENSURE THAT THE SERVICES PERFORMED EFFECTIVELY RESOLVED THE INSTRUMENT LEAK ISSUE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 UNICEL DXC 600I SYNCHRON ACCESS CLINICAL SYSTEM ANALYZER, CHEMISTRY (PHOTOMETRIC, DISCRETE), FOR CLINICAL USE JJE BECKMAN COULTER, INC. UNICEL DXC 600I

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1