REF: 335775 , BD FACS, 7-Color Setup Beads, 25 setups per kit, Rx Only, IVD. Used in flow cytometry for fluorescence com
FDA device recall Z-2078-2025 · posted 2025-07-03 · Open, Classified
Recall details
- Recalling firm
- Becton, Dickinson and Company, BD Bio Sciences
- Reason for recall
- 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.
- Action taken
- 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.
- Root cause
- Process control
- Status
- Open, Classified
- Product code
- GKZ
- Quantity affected
- 590 units
- Distribution
- US: Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, Min
- Date initiated
- 2025-06-03
- Date posted
- 2025-07-03
- Location
- Milpitas, CA
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Related 510(k) clearances
| Record | Firm | Date |
|---|---|---|
| BD FACS 7-COLOR SETUP BEADS (K040026) | Becton Dickinson Immunocytometry Systems | 2004-09-10 |