Beckman Coulter Power Express Sample Processing System AU5800XL connection unit, catalog #B36351; and Power Express Dynamic Inlet, catalog B36352.
This recall has been terminated (originally issued May 17, 2019).
- Company
- Beckman Coulter Inc.
- Recall Initiated
- May 17, 2019
- Terminated
- March 11, 2022
- Recall Number
- Z-1741-2020
- Quantity
- 291 units
- Firm Location
- Brea, CA
- Official Source
- View on FDA website ↗
Reason for Recall
Potential exposure to biohazard. Software design problem causes excess speed and vibrations in the unload arm movement which causes caused sample splashing.
Distribution
Distribution was made to AL, CA, CO, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, LA, MA, MD, MI, NC, ND, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, SD, TN, TX, and WA. There was government distribution and no military distribution. Foreign distribution was made to Argentina, Australia, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Germany, India, Italy, Republic of Korea, Kuwait, Malaysia, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Turkey, UAE, United Kingdom, and Viet Nam.
Lot / Code Info
All serial numbers installed before 5/20/2019: Serials numbers in the U.S.: PW211409002, PW211501005, PW211501006, PW211501007, PW211501008, PW211501013, PW211505001, PW211508003, PW211509002, PW211510001, PW211510002, PW211511001, PW211511002, PW211511003, PW211511005, PW211512001, PW211601001, PW211601002, PW211602002, PW211602003, PW211602004, PW211603001, PW211603002, PW211603003, PW211604001, PW211604002, PW211604005, PW211604006, PW211604009, PW211604010, PW211605001, PW211605002, PW211605004, PW211605005, PW211605006, PW211605007, PW211606005, PW211606007, PW211607001, PW211607004, PW211607005, PW211607009, PW211607017, PW211607018, PW211608001, PW211608006, PW211610002, PW211610006, PW211610007, PW211610008, PW211610011, PW211611001, PW211611002, PW211611003, PW211611004, PW211611005, PW211612003, PW211612006, PW211612007, PW211612008, PW211612010, PW211612013, PW211701001, PW211701010, PW211701013, PW211703004, PW211706008, PW211706009, PW211707005, PW211707006, PW211707007, PW211707009, PW211707011, PW211707012, PW211708008, PW211708009, PW211708010, PW211709004, PW211709011, PW211710001, PW211710009, PW211710010, PW211710012, PW211711002, PW211711004, PW211711007, PW211712001, PW211802013, PW211804005, PW211804006, PW211807006, and PW211807008. Serial numbers OUS: PW201607008, PW211409001, PW211501001, PW211501002, PW211501003, PW211501004, PW211501010, PW211501011, PW211501012, PW211506001, PW211506002, PW211506003, PW211506004, PW211506005, PW211506006, PW211506007, PW211507001, PW211507002, PW211507003, PW211507004, PW211508001, PW211508002, PW211508004, PW211509001, PW211510003, PW211511004, PW211512002, PW211512003, PW211601005, PW21160113, PW21160114, PW211602001, PW211602005, PW211602006, PW211603004, PW211603005, PW211603006, PW211604003, PW211604004, PW211604007, PW211604008, PW211605008, PW211606001, PW211606002, PW211606003, PW211606004, PW211606006, PW211606008, PW211607002, PW211607003, PW211607006, PW211607007, PW211607010, PW211607011, PW211607012, PW211607013, PW211607014, PW211607015, PW211607016, PW211608002, PW211608003, PW211608004, PW211608005, PW211610003, PW211610004, PW211610005, PW211610009, PW211610010, PW211611006, PW211612001, PW211612002, PW211612005, PW211612009, PW211612012, PW211701002, PW211701003, PW211701004, PW211701005, PW211701006, PW211701007, PW211701008, PW211701011, PW211701012, PW211701014, PW211702001, PW211702002, PW211702003, PW211702004, PW211702005, PW211702006, PW211702007, PW211702008, PW211703001, PW211703002, PW211703003, PW211703005, PW211703006, PW211703007, PW211703008, PW211703009, PW211703010, PW211703011, PW211706001, PW211706002, PW211706003, PW211706004, PW211706005, PW211706006, PW211706007, PW211706010, PW211706011, PW211706012, PW211706013, PW211707001, PW211707002, PW211707003, PW211707004, PW211707010, PW211708001, PW211708002, PW211708003, PW211708004, PW211708005, PW211708006, PW211708007, PW211709001, PW211709002, PW211709003, PW211709005, PW211709006, PW211709007, PW211709009, PW211709010, PW211709012, PW211710002, PW211710003, PW211710004, PW211710005, PW211710006, PW211710007, PW211710008, PW211710011, PW211711003, PW211712002, PW211712003, PW211712004, PW211712005, PW211712006, PW211712007, PW211712008, PW211712009, PW211712010, PW211801001, PW211801002, PW211801005, PW211801006, PW211801007, PW211801008, PW211801009, PW211801010, PW211801011, PW211801012, PW211802001, PW211802002, PW211802003, PW211802004, PW211802005, PW211802008, PW211802009, PW211802012, PW211802014, PW211802015, PW211802016, PW211803001, PW211803002, PW211803003, PW211803004, PW211803005, PW211804001, PW211804002, PW211804003, PW211804004, PW211804010, PW211804011, PW211804012, PW211804013, PW211804014, PW211804015, PW211804016, PW211804017, PW211804018, PW211804019, PW211805001, PW211805004, PW211805005, PW211805006, PW211805007, PW211806007, and PW212612004.
Root Cause
Software design
Action Taken
The recalling firm issued letters dated 5/8/2019 on 5/17/2019 informing the customers of the issue and that a spilled sample could lead to exposure of biohazardous material and that a software update would be made by their field service engineers at the next service call.