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Device product

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

March 26, 2018

Class II

Product summary

Firm
Beckman Coulter Inc.
Event
Event 79800
Status
Terminated
Classification
Class II
Quantity
523 boxes
Official record key
device-enforcement:Z-1804-2018

Official wording

Reason: 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.

Derived failure modes

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    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.