FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

UNICEL DXC 800 SYNCHRON SYSTEM

MDR report key: 2552410 · Received April 29, 2012

Report

Report Number
2050012-2012-01003
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
April 29, 2012
Date of Event
April 4, 2012
Report Date
April 4, 2012
Manufacturer
BECKMAN COULTER, INC.
Product Code
JJE
PMA / PMN Number
K042291
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
MA, US
Reporter Occupation
HEALTH PROFESSIONAL

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

CUSTOMER REPORTED TO BECKMAN COULTER, INC. (BEC) THAT ALL MODULAR CHEMISTRIES CUPS ON THE MODULAR CHEMISTRY (MC) SIDE OF THE UNICEL DXC 800 SYNCHRON CLINICAL SYSTEM WERE OVERFLOWING. CUSTOMER REPORTED THAT SMALL AMOUNTS OF ALBUMIN (ALBM), BLOOD UREA NITROGEN (BUNM), CREATININE (CREM), GLUCOSE (GLUM), PHOSPHORUS (PHOSM), AND TOTAL PROTEIN (TPM) WERE OVERFLOWING FROM THE TOPS OF THE CUPS. CUSTOMER REPORTED THAT ERRONEOUS RESULTS WERE NOT GENERATED. THERE WAS NO REPORT OF ANY ADVERSE EVENT OR INJURY REQUIRING MEDICAL INTERVENTION OR PATIENT TREATMENT. BEC FIELD SERVICE ENGINEER (FSE) FOUND DEBRIS FROM THE MC WASTE MANIFOLD. THE FSE FLUSHED THE MANIFOLD WITH BLEACH.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 UNICEL DXC 800 SYNCHRON SYSTEM ANALYZER, CHEMISTRY (PHOTOMETRIC, DISCRETE), FOR CLINICAL USE JJE BECKMAN COULTER, INC. NA NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1