Reported May 6, 2015 · Terminated

MicroScan Microbiology Systems: Dried Gram Negative MIC/Combo Panels Containing Lower Imipenem Dilutions for Reporting…

Beckman Coulter, Inc.

Moderate riskThis product could cause temporary or reversible health problems — stop using it.

What you should do

Stop using the affected lot and contact the recalling firm for the return or refund process. Check the FDA enforcement report for lot-level detail.

Firm contact: Beckman Coulter, Inc. · 2040 Enterprise Blvd · West Sacramento, CA · 95691-3427

Is this the product you have?

  • MicroScan Microbiology SystemsDried Gram Negative MIC/Combo Panels Containing Lower Imipenem Dilutions for Reporting
  • CLSI M100-S20 Breakpoints PanelES¿L plus
  • Catalog B1027-101 MicrobiologyFor use with MicroScan Dried Gram Negative MIC/Combo Panels and Dried Gram Negative Breakpoint Combo Panels. MicroScan panels are designed for use in determining antimicrobial agent susceptibility and/or identification to the species level of aerobic and facultatively anaerobic gram-negative bacilli
Lot codes and dates
  • Catalog numberB1027-101
  • Siemens Material Number (SMN)10444755
Amount recalled
Approx ~(216240 boxes U.S. and 84249 boxes OUS) total

This recall covers 9 products

The agency filed one notice per product. You are reading one of them; the other 8 are below.

Where it was sold

  • Nationwide

Why it was recalled

Technical Support Bulletin issued in February 2013 did not mention performance limitation for Proteus mirabilis and Imp when using the CLSIM100-S20 revised interpretive criteria.

This product could cause temporary or reversible health problems — stop using it.

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Where this came from

Source: U.S. Food & Drug Administration (openFDA)

Read the FDA (openFDA device enforcement) notice

Notice updated Apr 27, 2015 · Data as of Sep 19, 5:29 PM UTC

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