Reported Aug 29, 2012 · Terminated

UniCel DxH Slidemaker Stainer Stainer Floor Cabinet, PN A96152. The DxH Slidemaker Stainer is a fully automated slide…

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?

  • UniCel DxH Slidemaker Stainer Stainer Floor Cabinet, PN A96152. The DxH Slidemaker Stainer is a fully automated slide preparation and staining device that aspirates a whole blood-sample, smears a blood film on a clean microscope slide, and delivers a variety of fixatives, stains, buffers, and rinse solutions to that blood smear. The DxH Slidemaker Stainer allows for adaptation of the smear appearance and stain methodology according to user preferences. Blood smears produced by the Slidemaker portion of the DxH Slidemaker Stainer are moved to baskets for transfer to the Stainer portion by a robot arm. Microscopic examination of the stained blood smears can be used to help determine the hematologic status of a patient
  • A stained blood film" Allows for the differentiation of white blood cells " Facilitates the characterization of red blood cells and platelets " Aids in the identification of blood components and cellular abnormalities The optional floor stand has four drawers for storing the reagent and waste containers currently in use in the DxH Slidemaker Stainer
Lot codes and dates
    • Part Number(s) 775222 and A96152
    • Serial #s-MP010
    • MP023
    • MP026
    • AS23001
    • AS23002
    • AS25003
    • AS25004
    • AS25005
    • AS33008
    • AS33009
    • AS33010
    • AS33011
    • AS37013
    • AS38014
    • AS38015
    • AS39016
    • AS39017
    • AS40018
    • AS44012
    • AT04001
    • AT04002
    • AT04003
    • AT04004
    • AT04005
    • AT22010
    • AT22011
    • AT22012
    • AT35013
    • AT35014
    • AT35015
    • AT35016
    • AT35017
    • AT35018
    • AT40019
    • AT40020
    • AT40021
    • AT40022
    • AT40023
    • AT40024
    • AT40025
    • AT40026
    • AT40027
    • AT40028
    • AT40029
    • AT40030
    • AT45031
    • AT45032
    • AT45033
    • AT45034
    • AT45035
Amount recalled
41 units (15 units in the US)

This recall covers 6 products

The agency filed one notice per product. You are reading one of them; the other 5 are below.

Where it was sold

Why it was recalled

The recall was initiated because Beckman Coulter has confirmed that the DxH Slidemaker Stainer Floor Stand shipped with Slidemaker Stainer instruments were missing vinyl caps, exposing sharpt edges on the DxH Slidemaker Stainer Reagent Cabinet (Floor Stand) drawer slides. The sharp edges on the drawer slides may expose operators to physical injury when replacing reagents and waste containers whic

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 Aug 20, 2012 · Data as of Sep 19, 6:10 PM UTC

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