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Event 79800

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
March 26, 2018
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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BECKMAN COULTER MicroScan MICroSTREP Plus Panel, MicroScan Mueller-Hinton Broth with 3% lysed horse blood, Catalog Number 81015 MicroScan Mueller Hinton Broth with 3% Lysed Horse Blood is used for inoculation of MicroScan MICroSTREP plus and MicroFAST panels. MICroSTREP plus panels are designed for use in determining quantitative and/or qualitative antimicrobial agent susceptibility of colonies grown on solid media of aerobic streptococci, including Streptococcus pneumoniae.

Z-1804-2018
Recall number
Z-1804-2018
Initiated
March 26, 2018
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
Beckman Coulter Inc.
Quantity
523 boxes

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
Beckman Coulter has received customer complaints of lowered minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) for antimicrobial agents Cefaclor (Ctr) and Penicillin (P) with control organism Streptococcus pneumoniae (ATCC 49619) during quality control (QC) testing on MICroSTREP plus(R) Panel Type 1 hydrated with Mueller-Hinton Broth with 3% lysed horse blood part number B1015-25 lot number 1005986140.

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Reason for recall

Beckman Coulter has received customer complaints of lowered minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) for antimicrobial agents Cefaclor (Ctr) and Penicillin (P) with control organism Streptococcus pneumoniae (ATCC 49619) during quality control (QC) testing on MICroSTREP plus(R) Panel Type 1 hydrated with Mueller-Hinton Broth with 3% lysed horse blood part number B1015-25 lot number 1005986140.

Code information

Lot Number 1005986140, Expiration date April 1, 2018

Distribution pattern

Worldwide Distribution - USA (nationwide) Distribution and to the countries of : Canada, Kuwait, South Korea and Saudi Arabia.