Beckman Coulter, Inc. Access Substrate, REF 81906, For use with the Access Immunoassay Systems Recall

Check Your Product

According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

Reason for Recall

As stated by FDA

On 07 February 2024 Beckman Coulter made the decision to conduct a field action on Access Substrate (81906) lots: 234600, 337984, 338040, 338214, 338229, 338289, 338322, 338333, 338451, 338587, and 338538. Beckman Coulter has identified that Access Substrate bottles in the identified lots were released from manufacturing without labels. Missing label may cause some patient results reporting delay but will not cause any errorreous results. However, because labs are required to have redundancy such that delay would not significantly impact clinical management and because the defect is easily recognized by the user, the probability of harm is remote.

Recommended Action

Per FDA guidance

Beckman Coulter issued an "URGENT MEDICAL DEVICE RECALL" NOTICE dated 2/14/2024 to its consignees on via USPS and email. The notice explained the issue, impact, and actions to be taken. The consignees were requested to verify upon receipt that all Access substrate bottle have a label. It further directed the discard of all those without labels, Contact your Beckman Coulter representative and request a replacement order for bottles missing labels. If you have an questions regarding this notice, please contact Beckman Coulter by telephone at: call 1-800-854-3633 in the United States and Canada. Outside the United States and Canada, contact your local Beckman Coulter representative. From website: http://www.beckmancoulter.com. UPDATE PER EXPANSION EMAIL DATED 10/30/2024: An Urgent Medical Device Recall letter dated 10/25/2024 was issued via email on 11/1/2024 and via postal mail on 11/7/2024 to the affected customers. The letter informed the consignee that in February 2024, the recalling firm issued an Urgent Medical Device Recall letter regarding Access Substrate bottles that may have been received without labels and that the current letter serves as an update to include additional affected lots beyond those initially listed. The customers were advised to verify upon receipt that all Access substrate bottles have a bar code label and discard all Access substrate bottles without bar code labels, according to your local regulations. Contact your Beckman Coulter representative and request a replacement order if your laboratory receives Access substrate bottles that are missing a bar code label.