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FACS recallZ-2078-2025 · Becton, Dickinson and Company, BD Bio Sciences · initiated Jun 3, 2025

Open, Classified

Is my device affected?

  1. Compare the model, catalog and lot or serial numbers on your device or its packaging with the code information below. A recall usually covers only specific models or lots.
  2. If yours is listed, follow the instructions from Becton, Dickinson and Company, BD Bio Sciences or your healthcare provider. The company's action is summarized under what the company is doing.
  3. Do not stop using a prescribed or implanted device on your own — talk to your healthcare provider first.

Where to find your model and lot numbers · What recall classes and statuses mean

Why it was recalled

Due to customer complaints, errors in spectral overlap factors table for 7-color setup beads may affect accurate setup of the flow cytometry instrument prior to analyzing samples.

FDA root cause category: Process control

What the company is doing

On June 3, 2025, Becton, Dickinson issued a "Urgent: Medical Device Recall Correction" Notification to affected customers via mail and E-Mail. BD asked consignees to take the following action: 1: Immediately inspect your inventory for the specific catalog and lot numbers listed. It is recommended that the clinical laboratory staff review and segregate the affected lots. 2. Remove and discard prior affected label insert with incorrect spectral overlap factor values included on kit box prior to use. 3. The wrong SOF (Spectral Over Factors) values can be corrected by entering the right SOF values provided in Table 1. 4. Ensure the right SOF values are entered in the flow cytometry instrument prior to sample acquisition. 5. Customers who have not used the affected product may proceed to enter the SOF values. 6. If the affected products have been fully or partially used and subjects' samples have been processed and acquired on an instrument with the incorrect SOF values, please review the results. 7. If the subject sample(s) is not available anymore, this may require the subject to return to collect an additional sample for testing purposes. 8. Ensure the contents of this Product Recall Notification are read and understood. 9. Share and post this customer letter with the users of this application at your facility and forward to any customers to whom you may have distributed the product to ensure awareness.

Recall details

Recall number
Z-2078-2025
Status
Open, Classified
Initiated by the company
Jun 3, 2025
Posted by the FDA
Jul 3, 2025
Recalling firm
Becton, Dickinson and Company, BD Bio Sciences
Quantity
590 units
Product code
GKZ
FDA submissions
K040026
Distribution
US: Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, North Carolina, Nebraska, New Jersey, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Wisconsin, West Virginia Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Hong Kong, India, Japan, South Korea, Mexico, Malaysia, Nepal, New Zealand, Peru, Pakistan, Singapore, El Salvador, Taiwan OUS:

Product description

REF: 335775 , BD FACS, 7-Color Setup Beads, 25 setups per kit, Rx Only, IVD. Used in flow cytometry for fluorescence compensation.

Code information (models, lots, serial numbers)

Lot # 85612 & 85613/ UDI: 382903357758

Devices named in this recall

1 device in the FDA device registry whose identifier appears in the recall's code information.

Product lines

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