FDA Enforcement Class II Terminated

AutoMate 2550 "High Speed" Catalog Number ODL25255; AutoMate 1250 "Standard" Catalog Number ODL25125. Chemistry analyzer sample processing and sorting system.

Recall: Z-1151-2018 · Reported March 28, 2018

Enforcement

Recall Number
Z-1151-2018
Event ID
78999
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Product Type
Devices
Firm
Beckman Coulter Inc.
Voluntary / Mandated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Initial Notification
Letter
Report Date
March 28, 2018
Initiation Date
January 18, 2018
Classification Date
March 21, 2018
Termination Date
September 27, 2023
Address
250 S Kraemer Blvd, N/A, Brea, CA, 92821-6232, United States

Description

AutoMate 2550 "High Speed" Catalog Number ODL25255; AutoMate 1250 "Standard" Catalog Number ODL25125. Chemistry analyzer sample processing and sorting system.

Reason

A misaligned pipette tip sensor poses the remote risk of cross-contamination when failing to cause a no-tip error, resulting in pipetting patient samples without pipette tips.

Code Info

All units in the AutoMate 2500 Family are affected; Serial Numbers - 1107, 4048, 4055, 4025, 4052, 4079, 4091, 4076, 4072, 4073, 4074, 4111, 4097, 1054, 1055, 1048, 1049, 1147, ODL25125-1342, ODL25125-1354, 1251, ODL25255-4530, ODL25255-4531, 4126, 4127, 4169, 4171, 4341, 4324, ODL25255-4536, ODL25255-4535, ODL25255-4397, 4141, 4143, 4144, 4146, ODL25255-4606, 4148, ODL25255-4577, ODL25255-4605, 4302, 4304, 4352, ODL25255-4352, 4330, ODL25255-4419, ODL25255-4534, ODL25255-4416, ODL25255-4401, 4168, 4107, 4255, 4257, 4252, 4256, 4254, 4253, 4236, ODL25255-4437, ODL25255-4443, ODL25255-4444, ODL25255-4438, 4294, 4293, ODL25255-4556, ODL25255-4382, ODL25255-4378, ODL25255-4377, ODL25255-4379, ODL25255-4380, ODL25255-4381, ODL25255-4420, ODL25255-4421

Distribution

Worldwide distribution. US nationwide, Algeria, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Canada, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Korea, Kuwait, Latvia, Lithuania, Macao, Mayotte, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, and United Kingdom.

Quantity

73 units in US