FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

IMMAGE® 800 IMMUNOCHEMISTRY SYSTEM

MDR report key: 2855139 · Received December 3, 2012

Report

Report Number
2050012-2012-01896
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
December 3, 2012
Date of Event
November 7, 2012
Report Date
November 7, 2012
Manufacturer
BECKMAN COULTER, INC.
Product Code
JQX
PMA / PMN Number
K962294
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
MO, US
Reporter Occupation
HEALTH PROFESSIONAL

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

A CUSTOMER REPORTED TO BECKMAN COULTER, INC. (BEC) THAT THE IMMAGE 800 IMMUNOCHEMISTRY SYSTEM LEAKED A CLEAR AND ODORLESS FLUID FROM THE SAMPLE DRAIN UNDER THE PROBE. THE FLUID DRIPPED ONTO THE FLOOR. THE CUSTOMER WAS WEARING GLOVES AND EYE PROTECTION WHEN THE LEAK WAS DISCOVERED. THERE WAS NO REPORT OF INJURY OR EXPOSURE, AND MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS NOT SOUGHT. MSDS WAS NOT REVIEWED, BUT THE FACILITY HAS AN EMERGENCY CHEMICAL SPILL PLAN IN PLACE. NO ERRONEOUS PATIENT RESULTS WERE GENERATED. BEC FIELD SERVICE ENGINEER (FSE) OBSERVED A SAMPLE PROBE WASH STATION OVERFLOW. THE FSE REPLACED BOTH WASH STATION WASTE FILTERS AND THE CUVETTE WASH STATION WASTE FILTER. SERVICE ACTIVITY PERFORMED WAS VERIFIED PER ESTABLISHED PROCEDURES, AND THE RESULTS MET PUBLISHED PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATIONS.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 IMMAGE® 800 IMMUNOCHEMISTRY SYSTEM NEPHELOMETER, FOR CLINICAL USE JQX BECKMAN COULTER, INC. IMMAGE 800 NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1