Reported May 6, 2020 · Terminated

SYNCHRON Systems Barbiturates Reagent (BARB 1 X 250); Catalog No. 475012 - Product Usage: BARB reagent, in conjunction…

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. · 250 S Kraemer Blvd · Brea, CA · 92821-6232

Is this the product you have?

  • SYNCHRON Systems Barbiturates Reagent (BARB 1 X 250); Catalog No. 475012 -
  • Product UsageBARB reagent, in conjunction with UniCel DxC 600/800 System(s) and SYNCHRON Systems Drugs of Abuse Testing (DAT) Urine Calibrators, is intended for the qualitative determination of barbiturates in human urine at a cutoff value of 200 ng/mL The BARB assay provides a rapid screening procedure for determining the presence of barbiturates (BARB) and its metabolites in urine
Lot codes and dates
    • SYNCRHON Systems BARB 1 X 250)
    • Catalog No. 475012
  • UDI
    • 15099590223007
    • Lot Numbers M903174
    • M902167
    • M801045
    • M811093
    • M809230
    • M807116
    • M806172
    • M805116
    • M804028
    • M803040
    • M802093 and older
Amount recalled
10,145 units

Where it was sold

  • Nationwide

Why it was recalled

The firm has identified that cross-reactivity testing may not meet the claims indicated in the Barbiturates Reagent Chemistry Information Sheet (CIS). The presence of certain compounds in urine may result in false positive or false negative results.

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 Dec 11, 2020 · Data as of Sep 19, 6:49 PM UTC

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