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FDAFDA · Food and drugs·Recall number Z-1025-2015

Beckman Coulter, Cholesterol Assay, Catalog No. OSR6X16

Published February 4, 2015 · Recall initiated: December 15, 2014

Status when published: Terminated — openFDA updates weekly, so this field may not reflect the current status. Always confirm with the official notice.

What's the hazard

N-Acetyl Cysteine (NAC), when administered in therapeutic concentrations for the treatment of acetaminophen overdose, interferes with the assays for these analytes: Cholesterol OSR6X16, Uric Acid OSR6X98, Lactate OSR6X93, and Lipase OSR6X30. NAC interference may lead to falsely low results.

What to do

Voluntary: Firm initiated · Letter

Recall details

Manufacturer
Beckman Coulter Inc.
Distributor
Nationwide in US and Puerto Rico. World Wide: Albania, Algeria, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyrus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greece, Guadeloupe, Guam, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Korea, Kuwait, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Lithuania, Malawi, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Zambia, and Zimbabwe
Lot
All Lots
Risk classification
Class II
Area (FDA)
device
Country
United States

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