BECKMAN COULTER ACCESS Immunoassay Systems - Access… recallZ-3006-2020 · Beckman Coulter Inc. · initiated Aug 26, 2020
Terminated
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Why it was recalled
Due to alkaline phosphatase (ALP) associated interference causing falsely elevated uE3 (Unconjugated Estriol assay) results.
FDA root cause category: Under Investigation by firm
What the company is doing
On 08/31/2020, the firm sent an "URGENT MEDICAL DEVICE RECALL" notification to customers via email and US Post informing them of the potential for an interference with bovine alkaline phosphatase (ALP) in a subset of patient samples tested with the Access Unconjugated Estriol (uE3) assay. Customers are instructed to: - Consider the patients total clinical presentation when interpreting results. - Any retrospective review of patient results is left to the discretion of the Medical Director. - Contact Beckman Coulter Technical Support if you suspect ALP associated interference and do not report the uE3 test result. - Share this information with their laboratory staff and retain this notification as part of their laboratory Quality System documentation. If they have forwarded any of the affected products to another laboratory, to please provide them with a copy of the Customer Notification letter. -Complete and return the enclosed Response Form within 10 days so that the Recalling Firm can be assured that customers have received the important communication. In the meantime, the Recalling Firm is actively working to resolve this issue by end of Q1, 2021. For any questions, please contact the Recalling Firm's Customer Support Center at: - website: http://www.beckmancoulter.com " phone: call 1-800-854-3633 in the United States and Canada. " Outside the United States and Canada contact your local representative.
Recall details
- Recall number
- Z-3006-2020
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated by the company
- Aug 26, 2020
- Recalling firm
- Beckman Coulter Inc.
- Quantity
- 21455 assay systems
- Product code
- CGI
- Distribution
- Worldwide distribution - U.S. Nationwide distribution including in the states of AL, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, NC, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, WA, WI and Puerto Rico. The countries of Australia, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mexico, Nepal, Pakistan, Panama, Portugal, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Slovakia, South Africa, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, and Vietnam.
Product description
BECKMAN COULTER ACCESS Immunoassay Systems - Access Unconjugated Estriol, REF 33570.
Code information (models, lots, serial numbers)
Catalog Number: 33570 UDI Code: (01)15099590231187 Serial/Lot Numbers: 921133 921348 921742
Devices named in this recall
1 device in the FDA device registry whose identifier appears in the recall's code information.
- Access Unconjugated Estriol 33570Beckman Coulter, Inc.1 recall1 report
Sources and updates
- Recall record: FDA Medical Device Recalls, file dated Oct 16, 2026 · View the FDA recall notice ↗
- Devices: FDA GUDID, file dated Oct 13, 2026. Devices are linked when their identifier (with a valid check digit) appears in the recall's code information.
- Page last rebuilt: Oct 16, 2026. Text above is shown as published by the FDA.
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