Perkin Elmer ClWIZARD2 5-detector, 550 samples
Medical device recall Z-0634-2016. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Jan 20, 2016.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Jan 20, 2016. Copied from openFDA on Oct 20, 2026.
- Class II FDA’s class
- Terminated its status, in FDA’s file
- Nationwide FDA’s word for where it went
- 62 units how much, in FDA’s words
Every line below is in FDA’s own words, with its source beside it. FDA’s terms are explained in FDA’s own words.
How serious is it, by FDA’s class?
Class II, the middle of FDA’s three classes.
“Products that might cause a temporary health problem, or pose only a slight threat of a serious nature. Example: a drug that is under-strength but that is not used to treat life-threatening situations.”
openFDA, in plain words, its enforcement report fields.
“Class II is a situation in which use of, or exposure to, a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote.”
FDA’s rule, 21 CFR 7.3(m)(2), eCFR.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
What’s wrong with it?
The content of the second #023 barcode ID label in the Barcode ID Label Binder is incorrect. The second barcode ID label #023 symbol incorrectly identifies as #024 when scanned. If measurement protocols have been programmed for both ID #023 and #024, the protocol associated with barcode ID #024 is executed. If the error is undetected, the Gamma Counter may produce erroneous results.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
Perkin Elmer ClWIZARD2 5-detector, 550 samples Product Code: 2470-0050, 3470-0050. The Wizard2 gamma counter is intended to detect and count gamma radiation emitted by clinical samples.
62 units, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
Model: 2470-0050 Serial Numbers: DG05106329 DG02117493 DG11107166 DG09106782 DG07118133 DG07118141 DG09106791 DG04117727 DG06118036 DG12107192 DG02106101 DG04106223 DG01128843 DG12107272 DG07118124 DG09106892 DG12118684 DG12118673…
Every code shown here, 757 characters
Model: 2470-0050 Serial Numbers: DG05106329 DG02117493 DG11107166 DG09106782 DG07118133 DG07118141 DG09106791 DG04117727 DG06118036 DG12107192 DG02106101 DG04106223 DG01128843 DG12107272 DG07118124 DG09106892 DG12118684 DG12118673 DG11107126 DG04117704 DG04117763 DG01117363 DG06106484 DG12107240 DG01128871 DG05117880 DG12118685 DG09118357 DG03106204 DG05106386 DG11107137 DG03106172 DG03106206 DG02106113 DG09106818 DG02106065 DG04106309 DG09106882 DG11118590 DG06106483 DG01117316 DG08118221 DG06117898 DG12107263 DG08118250 DG12118711 DG04117710 DG06106448 DG06106453 DG06106463 DG06117912 DG03106135 DG01117373 DG05117837 DG06106517 DG01128805 DG06117970 DG04106310 DG02117521 DG06106538 Model: 3470-0050 (2 units) Serial Numbers: DG12118660 DG10118464
Copied exactly as FDA lists them: lot and serial numbers, dates and other codes on the product or its label.
Where did it go?
FDA’s words for the “general area of initial distribution”: where the firm first shipped it.
Worldwide Distribution - US Nationwide and the countries of ARGENTINA, AUSTRALIA, AUSTRIA, BELGIUM, BOLIVIA, BRAZIL, CANADA, CHINA, DENMARK, FINLAND, FRANCE, GERMANY, GREAT BRITAIN, GREECE, HONG KONG, INDIA, IRELAND, ISRAEL, ITALY, JAPAN, KOREA, KUWAIT, MYANMAR, NETHERLANDS, NEW ZEALAND, NORWAY, POLAND, PORTUGAL, SAUDI ARABIA, SINGAPORE, SLOVAKIA, SOUTH AFRICA, SPAIN, SWEDEN, SWITZERLAND, TAIWAN, and THAILAND.
These words name no state.
What FDA means by nationwide
“The term “nationwide” is defined to mean the fifty states or a significant portion. Note that subsequent distribution by the consignees to other parties may not be included.”
openFDA, its enforcement report fields.
The words say it went outside the United States too.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
Is it still going on?
Terminated, in FDA’s file.
“FDA has determined that all reasonable efforts have been made to remove or correct the violative product in accordance with the recall strategy, and proper disposition has been made according to the degree of hazard.”
openFDA, on “Terminated”, its enforcement report fields.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
- The firm began the recall on Dec 8, 2015.
- FDA classified it on Jan 12, 2016.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Jan 20, 2016.
- FDA terminated it on Aug 4, 2017.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- Perkinelmer, of Waltham, MA.
- Who began it, in FDA’s words: Voluntary: Firm initiated.
- How the firm first told its customers: Letter.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
What this record can’t tell you
- Whether your own one is affected: compare the codes, dates and numbers above with yours. When unsure, ask the firm or the store.
- Where it went after the firm’s first shipments. FDA’s words cover the firm’s initial distribution, and, in FDA’s words, “subsequent distribution by the consignees to other parties may not be included.”
- How many have been returned, corrected or destroyed: FDA’s report doesn’t say.
- Whether anyone was hurt or fell ill: the report doesn’t say.
- How current it is: openFDA publishes FDA’s Enforcement Report weekly, after FDA does, and a firm can announce a recall weeks before it appears there. openFDA’s own caution: “This data should not be used as a method to collect data to issue alerts to the public, nor should it be used to track the lifecycle of a recall.”
- A product with no recall here isn’t safe by that: FDA’s report lists the recalls FDA classified, and when.
Hearth Record wrote these lines; the quotations are FDA’s.
Sources
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U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Device recall enforcement reports.
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