BD Phoenix™ AST Broth 246003Recalls & reported problems
Becton, Dickinson And Company · BD Phoenix™ AST Broth · Class 2
Data updated Oct 18, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy
Quick summary
This BD Phoenix AST broth is a lab test liquid used to check which antibiotics work against bacteria. Many of the 182 reports describe the broth being contaminated, cloudy or moldy, sometimes with incorrect results. The reports include 182 malfunctions, no injuries and no deaths. Reports from the last 12 months number 3, compared with 122 in the 12 months before. No recalls name this device.
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- Adverse event reports
- 182
- Deaths reported
- 0
- Injuries reported
- 0
- Recalls naming it
- 0
Summary
The FDA's MAUDE database contains 182 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 30382902460030), received between Feb 4, 2021 and Feb 6, 2026 — classified as 182 malfunctions.
The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Device Contamination with Chemical or Other Material” (103 reports).
4 other recalls cover devices cleared under the same FDA submission (K020321); they may or may not involve this specific model.
Reports come from manufacturers, hospitals and patients and are not verified by the FDA. A report does not prove the device caused the event, and counts can't be used to compare devices or estimate failure rates. What reports can and can't tell you · How this data works · Data updated Oct 18, 2026.
Reports received per month
Most reported problems
Device problems
- Device Contamination with Chemical or Other Material103
- Contamination39
- Incorrect, Inadequate or Imprecise Result or Readings26
- Contamination of Device Ingredient or Reagent8
- Device Markings/Labelling Problem4
- Microbial Contamination of Device3
Patient problems
- No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions181
- No Consequences Or Impact To Patient1
Recent adverse event reports
The 25 most recent of 182 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
MalfunctionFeb 6, 2026Incorrect, Inadequate or Imprecise Result or Readings
IT WAS REPORTED WHILE USING THE BD PHOENIX¿ AST BROTH IT WAS FOUND TO BE CONTAMINATED (DESCRIBED AS CLOUDY), THE USER NOTED USING ONE (1) TUBE FOR PATIENT TESTING. THE PANEL WAS RESET. NO HEALTH IMPACT OR CONSEQUENCE REPORTED.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 24283811 ↗MalfunctionFeb 5, 2026Incorrect, Inadequate or Imprecise Result or Readings
IT WAS REPORTED WHILE USING THE BD PHOENIX¿ AST BROTH AN UNSPECIFIED NUMBER OF BROTHS WERE CONTAMINATED AND HAD LIQUID VOLUME LEVEL FAILURES. THE USER NOTED USING THE CONTAMINATED BROTHS STATING, "THERE ARE SEVERAL ANTIBIOTICS THAT FAILED. A FEW EXAMPLES ARE CIPROFLOXACIN, SXT, PENICILLIN, AMPICILLIN, ETC." THE USER PERFORMED REPEAT TESTING USING A REFERENCE LABORATORY. NO HEALTH IMPACT OR CONSEQUENCE REPORTED.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 24268747 ↗MalfunctionJan 6, 2026Incorrect, Inadequate or Imprecise Result or Readings
IT WAS REPORTED WHILE USING THE BD PHOENIX¿ AST BROTH THE USER NOTED HIGH MICS FOR THE DRUG VANCOMYCIN. THE USER PERFORMED REPEAT TESTING. NO HEALTH IMPACT OR CONSEQUENCE REPORTED.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 23980594 ↗MalfunctionSep 2, 2025Contamination; Contamination
IT WAS REPORTED WHILE USING BD PHOENIX¿ AST BROTH, A TUBE WAS CONTAMINATED. THERE WAS NO REPORT OF PATIENT IMPACT.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 22931443 ↗MalfunctionSep 2, 2025Contamination; Contamination
IT WAS REPORTED WHILE USING BD PHOENIX¿ AST BROTH, A TUBE WAS CONTAMINATED. THERE WAS NO REPORT OF PATIENT IMPACT.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 22931097 ↗MalfunctionSep 2, 2025Contamination; Contamination
IT WAS REPORTED WHILE USING BD PHOENIX¿ AST BROTH, A TUBE WAS CONTAMINATED. THERE WAS NO REPORT OF PATIENT IMPACT.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 22931049 ↗MalfunctionSep 2, 2025Contamination; Contamination
IT WAS REPORTED WHILE USING BD PHOENIX¿ AST BROTH, A TUBE WAS CONTAMINATED. THERE WAS NO REPORT OF PATIENT IMPACT.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 22930948 ↗MalfunctionAug 28, 2025Contamination; Contamination
IT WAS REPORTED WHILE USING BD PHOENIX¿ AST BROTH, A TUBE WAS CONTAMINATED WITH MOLD. THERE WAS NO REPORT OF PATIENT IMPACT.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 22913775 ↗MalfunctionAug 28, 2025Contamination; Contamination
IT WAS REPORTED WHILE USING BD PHOENIX¿ AST BROTH, A TUBE WAS CONTAMINATED WITH MOLD. THERE WAS NO REPORT OF PATIENT IMPACT.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 22913729 ↗MalfunctionAug 28, 2025Contamination; Contamination
IT WAS REPORTED WHILE USING BD PHOENIX¿ AST BROTH, A TUBE WAS CONTAMINATED WITH MOLD. THERE WAS NO REPORT OF PATIENT IMPACT.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 22913728 ↗MalfunctionAug 28, 2025Contamination; Contamination
IT WAS REPORTED WHILE USING BD PHOENIX¿ AST BROTH, A TUBE WAS CONTAMINATED WITH MOLD. THERE WAS NO REPORT OF PATIENT IMPACT.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 22913726 ↗MalfunctionAug 28, 2025Contamination; Contamination
IT WAS REPORTED WHILE USING BD PHOENIX¿ AST BROTH, A TUBE WAS CONTAMINATED WITH MOLD. THERE WAS NO REPORT OF PATIENT IMPACT.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 22913725 ↗MalfunctionAug 28, 2025Contamination; Contamination
IT WAS REPORTED WHILE USING BD PHOENIX¿ AST BROTH, A TUBE WAS CONTAMINATED WITH MOLD. THERE WAS NO REPORT OF PATIENT IMPACT.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 22913706 ↗MalfunctionAug 28, 2025Contamination; Contamination
IT WAS REPORTED WHILE USING BD PHOENIX¿ AST BROTH, A TUBE WAS CONTAMINATED WITH MOLD. THERE WAS NO REPORT OF PATIENT IMPACT.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 22913704 ↗MalfunctionAug 28, 2025Contamination; Contamination
IT WAS REPORTED WHILE USING BD PHOENIX¿ AST BROTH, A TUBE WAS CONTAMINATED WITH MOLD. THERE WAS NO REPORT OF PATIENT IMPACT.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 22912693 ↗MalfunctionAug 28, 2025Contamination; Contamination
IT WAS REPORTED WHILE USING BD PHOENIX¿ AST BROTH, A TUBE WAS CONTAMINATED WITH MOLD. THERE WAS NO REPORT OF PATIENT IMPACT.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 22912691 ↗MalfunctionAug 28, 2025Contamination; Contamination
IT WAS REPORTED WHILE USING BD PHOENIX¿ AST BROTH, A TUBE WAS CONTAMINATED WITH MOLD. THERE WAS NO REPORT OF PATIENT IMPACT.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 22912667 ↗MalfunctionAug 28, 2025Contamination; Contamination
IT WAS REPORTED WHILE USING BD PHOENIX¿ AST BROTH, A TUBE WAS CONTAMINATED WITH MOLD. THERE WAS NO REPORT OF PATIENT IMPACT.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 22912665 ↗MalfunctionAug 28, 2025Contamination; Contamination
IT WAS REPORTED WHILE USING BD PHOENIX¿ AST BROTH, A TUBE WAS CONTAMINATED WITH MOLD. THERE WAS NO REPORT OF PATIENT IMPACT.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 22912663 ↗MalfunctionAug 28, 2025Contamination; Contamination
IT WAS REPORTED WHILE USING BD PHOENIX¿ AST BROTH, A TUBE WAS CONTAMINATED WITH MOLD. THERE WAS NO REPORT OF PATIENT IMPACT.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 22912661 ↗MalfunctionAug 28, 2025Contamination; Contamination
IT WAS REPORTED WHILE USING BD PHOENIX¿ AST BROTH, A TUBE WAS CONTAMINATED WITH MOLD. THERE WAS NO REPORT OF PATIENT IMPACT.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 22912660 ↗MalfunctionAug 28, 2025Contamination; Contamination
IT WAS REPORTED WHILE USING BD PHOENIX¿ AST BROTH, A TUBE WAS CONTAMINATED WITH MOLD. THERE WAS NO REPORT OF PATIENT IMPACT.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 22912657 ↗MalfunctionAug 28, 2025Contamination; Contamination
IT WAS REPORTED WHILE USING BD PHOENIX¿ AST BROTH, A TUBE WAS CONTAMINATED WITH MOLD. THERE WAS NO REPORT OF PATIENT IMPACT.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 22912655 ↗MalfunctionAug 28, 2025Contamination; Contamination
IT WAS REPORTED WHILE USING BD PHOENIX¿ AST BROTH, A TUBE WAS CONTAMINATED WITH MOLD. THERE WAS NO REPORT OF PATIENT IMPACT.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 22912654 ↗MalfunctionAug 27, 2025Contamination; Contamination
IT WAS REPORTED WHILE USING BD PHOENIX¿ AST BROTH, A TUBE WAS CONTAMINATED WITH MOLD. THERE WAS NO REPORT OF PATIENT IMPACT.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 22902469 ↗
Recalls under the same FDA submission
These recalls involve devices cleared under K020321. One submission often covers many models, so check the product and lot details in each record.
- Z-0239-2026 · Sep 23, 2025 · Open, ClassifiedBD Phoenix M50 Instrument, labeled as the following: 1. BD Phoenix M50 Automated Microbiology System, Catalog Numbers: 443624, 44362409.
- Z-0592-2025 · Oct 31, 2024 · Open, ClassifiedBD Phoenix M50 Automated Microbiology System Version or Model: 443624 Catalog Number: 443624
- Z-3247-2024 · Aug 1, 2024 · Open, ClassifiedBD Phoenix 100-Intended for the rapid identification (ID) and antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) of clinically significant bacteria. The BD Phoenix System provides rapid re
- Z-3246-2024 · Aug 1, 2024 · Open, ClassifiedBD Phoenix M50 instrument -Intended for the rapid identification (ID) and antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) of clinically significant bacteria. The BD Phoenix System provi
Other SYSTEM, TEST, AUTOMATED, ANTIMICROBIAL SUSCEPTIBILITY, SHORT INCUBATION devices
- BD Phoenix™ M50 Automated Microbiology System 443624Becton, Dickinson And Company · SYSTEM, TEST, AUTOMATED, ANTIMICROBIAL SUSCEPTIBILITY, SHORT INCUBATION3 recalls417 reports
- BD Phoenix™ NMIC/ID-307 449289Becton, Dickinson And Company · SYSTEM, TEST, AUTOMATED, ANTIMICROBIAL SUSCEPTIBILITY, SHORT INCUBATION529 reports
- BD Phoenix™ PMIC/ID-107 448607Becton, Dickinson And Company · SYSTEM, TEST, AUTOMATED, ANTIMICROBIAL SUSCEPTIBILITY, SHORT INCUBATION2 recalls169 reports
- BD Phoenix™ NMIC-306 449292Becton, Dickinson And Company · SYSTEM, TEST, AUTOMATED, ANTIMICROBIAL SUSCEPTIBILITY, SHORT INCUBATION1 recall143 reports
- VITEK® 2 AST-GP67Biomerieux , Inc. · System, Test, Automated, Antimicrobial Susceptibility, Short Incubation2 recalls83 reports
- VITEK® 2 AST-GP75Biomerieux , Inc. · System, Test, Automated, Antimicrobial Susceptibility, Short Incubation2 recalls52 reports
- VITEK® 2 AST-GP78Biomerieux , Inc. · System, Test, Automated, Antimicrobial Susceptibility, Short Incubation2 recalls41 reports
- VITEK® 2 AST-GN99Biomerieux , Inc. · System, Test, Automated, Antimicrobial Susceptibility, Short Incubation2 recalls2 reports
Sources and updates
- Device record: FDA GUDID, file dated Oct 13, 2026 · View this device in AccessGUDID ↗
- Adverse event reports: FDA MAUDE, file dated Oct 14, 2026 · each report above links to its original FDA record
- Recalls: FDA Medical Device Recalls, file dated Oct 16, 2026
- Page last rebuilt: Oct 18, 2026. Data downloaded through openFDA, which notes it is not validated for clinical or regulatory use.
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