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Device product

AQUIOS Lyse Reagent Kit, Catalog No. B23538 Product Usage: AQUIOS Lysing Reagent Kit is used as part of the AQUIOS flow cytometer system. The kit consists of two reagents used by AQUIOS flow cytometers to prepare whole blood samples for analysis of white blood cells.

Z-0648-2017

October 19, 2016

Class II

Product summary

Firm
Beckman Coulter Inc.
Event
Event 75503
Status
Terminated
Classification
Class II
Quantity
2367 units total (207 units in US)
Official record key
device-enforcement:Z-0648-2017

Official wording

Reason: Beckman Coulter is recalling the AQUIOS Lyse Reagent Kit because it may lead to an increased generation of notifications and flags when used on the AQUIOS CL when running the AQUIOS Tetra application. The issue could lead to an increase in the number of samples requiring review and re-runs with a potential delay to the reporting of results. Depending on the specimen age, a new blood specimen may be required.

Code information: 6040014K 6040015K

Distribution pattern: Worldwide Distribution - US Nationwide and the countries of Belgium, Botswana, Canada, Chile, Columbia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Italy, Malaysia, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom and Zambia

Derived failure modes

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    reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0

    Beckman Coulter is recalling the AQUIOS Lyse Reagent Kit because it may lead to an increased generation of notifications and flags when used on the AQUIOS CL when running the AQUIOS Tetra application. The issue could lead to an increase in the number of samples requiring review and re-runs with a potential delay to the reporting of results. Depending on the specimen age, a new blood specimen may be required.