Automate 2550 and 1250, Aliquotter Tip Present Sensor (2018-01-16)

Starting date:

January 16, 2018

Posting date:

February 1, 2018

Type of communication:

Medical Device Recall

Subcategory:

Medical Device

Hazard classification:

Type II

Source of recall:

Health Canada

Issue:

Medical Devices

Audience:

General Public, Healthcare Professionals, Hospitals

Identification number:

RA-65884

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  Reason
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  Affected products

Affected products

Automate 2550 and 1250, Aliquotter Tip Present Sensor

Reason

Beckman Coulter has identified a rare potential issue with the tip present sensor within the robot of the aliquoter module. There has been one report of a misaligned sensor in an automate system, which resulted in the system processing samples without pipette tips. A small number of samples were subject to cross-contamination and were sent to the error rack prior to analysis. In this particular case, the system gave no external sign of a misaligned tip present sensor.

Affected products