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Event 71045

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
April 13, 2015
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Beckman Coulter Inc.

Dossier provenance

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  • openFDA Device Enforcement Report-date coverage June 20, 2012–July 08, 2026 Known gap: openFDA describes 2004-present coverage, but the current export has no report-date records in this interval.
  • openFDA Device Recall event_date_initiated coverage June 01, 1997–June 30, 2026

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COULTER DxH Diluent, Catalog No. 628017, Part No. A59956. For use as an isotonic buffered diluent in conjunction with a cyanide-free lytic agent for counting and sizing blood cells.

Z-1616-2015
Recall number
Z-1616-2015
Initiated
April 13, 2015
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
Beckman Coulter Inc.
Quantity
829,888 units total (659,584 units in US)

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
Beckman Coulter has received an increased number of complaints related to Hemoglobin (HGB) on UniCel DxH 800 and DxH 600 Coulter Cellular Analysis Systems. The use of the DxH Diluent lots listed in the recall notice may eventually result in a compromised HGB chamber.

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Reason for recall

Beckman Coulter has received an increased number of complaints related to Hemoglobin (HGB) on UniCel DxH 800 and DxH 600 Coulter Cellular Analysis Systems. The use of the DxH Diluent lots listed in the recall notice may eventually result in a compromised HGB chamber.

Code information

Lot No. 3099980 - 3512190, expiration dates: 17 April 2015 - 26 August 2016.

Distribution pattern

Worldwide Distribution -- Argentina; Brazil; Brunei Darussalam; Canada; Chile; Colombia; Hong Kong; India; Lebanon; Macao; Mexico; Panama; Philippines; Qatar; Singapore; Taiwan; Thailand; Trinidad and Tobago; United States, including Puerto Rico; and Uruguay.