The FDA announced on Nov. 10, 2025, that Beckman Coulter is recalling COULTER DxH Diluent and COULTER DxH ECO Diluent due to elevated platelet background counts. The agency issued recall number Z-1221-2026 for the Class II voluntary recall.
How to tell if you have it
- COULTER DxH Diluent, REF 628017
- COULTER DxH ECO Diluent REF C67250
- Lot Numbers: 2510410, 2510420, 2510450, 3557500, 3557510, 3557540, 3557560, 3557570, 3557640, 3557650, 3557660, 3557670, 3557680, 3557700, 3557710, 3557850, 3557920, 3557930, 3558000, 3558030, 3558040, 3558060, 3558090, 3558100, 3558110, 3558120, 3558140, 3558150, 3558160, 3558170
- Worldwide distribution including U.S. states AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, Puerto Rico, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, WV and countries Argentina, Canada, Chile, Mexico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Trinidad and Tobago, Viet Nam
The hazard
The FDA stated that specific lots of the diluents contribute to elevated platelet Daily Checks background counts cycle with use with analyzers.
Context
GovInfoNow's records show Beckman Coulter, Inc. has 132 other recalls on record since 2017-06-20. Other recent recalls of similar products include Beckman Coulter DxC 500i Modules with Software 1.5 (2026-07-15), Beckman Coulter MicroScan LabPro V5.03 Panel Update 11 (2026-06-26), and Beckman Coulter Access Total T4 Calibrator Recall (2026-03-16). Additional similar recalls include Beckman Coulter Bicarbonate Reagent (2025-10-14), Beckman Coulter LDL Cholesterol Reagent (2025-12-08), and Beckman Coulter Emit 2000 Quinidine Assay (2026-07-13).